Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

Alan Alda

Of course it is important to be smart.

On top of that it’s simply cool to be smart, it is fun, people enjoy being smart. But being a smart-ass is only half the rent if you don’t know when to shut the fuck up!

There are moments when it is just right to keep your voice down, listen and think and no matter how smart you are, talking will just fuck everything up.

Remember this lesson and you will save yourselves a lot of unnecessary trouble.

/phil