“You may be smart, but I've been smart longer.”

“And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.”

“Because you may be smart, but I’ve been smart longer”

“I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.”

“You're funny, and you're smart, and you may show up late, but you always show up eventually.”

“You are fairly smart," I said after a while."You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.”

“There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough.”