“He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”
“He seemed convinced that children's questions were much more important than those of an adult. He preferred smart questions to smart answers.”
“You know something,Jacob, I'd hate to be as smart as Jonh. I mean he was really, really smart, and to be that smart means you know all the answers, and when you know all the answers there's no room for dreaming.”
“Why are man hole covers around?" If you don't knwo the answer to the questions, you're not smart enough to work at microsoft”
“...because being a smart-ass is always preferable to being a dumb-ass.”
“You are fairly smart," I said after a while."You are fairly good at compliments," he answered.”