Quotes tagged ‘street smarts’

“Do not underestimate sparkly blue eyes and a little bit of street smarts.”

— Jeff Whitty, Nicole Holofcener, Jack Hock, Richard E. Grant, imdb.com

“You can look the other way once, and it's no big deal, except it makes it easier for you to compromise the next time, and pretty soon that's all you're doing — compromising, because that's the way you think things are done. You know those guys I busted? You think they were the bad guys? Because they…”

— Robert Cochran, Joel Surnow, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, imdb.com

“You know the biggest difference between me and Mr. Pope? Damon made his bones being the smartest guy on the street. I made mine being the deadliest. Don't cross me, Jackson. I have no remorse killing you or any of the Sons.”

— Peter Elkoff, Kurt Sutter, August Marks, Billy Brown, imdb.com

“How the fuck you gonna have a school with no bullies? Bullies do half the work. That’s right. Teachers do one half. Bullies do the whole other half. And that’s the half you’re gonna use as a fucking grown-up. That’s right. Who gives a fuck if you can code… if you start crying ’cause your boss didn’t…”

— Chris Rock, imdb.com

“Words without experience are meaningless.”

— Vladimir Nabokov, amazon.com

“Experience, not books, is what leads to understanding.”

— Carl Jung, amazon.com

“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”

— S.E. Hinton, amazon.com