THE ROBERT W. WHITAKER ARCHIVE

FUN QUOTE | 2004-04-24

A "street smart" person is a hothouse plant who thinks he's a cactus. He survives in the most artificial environment on earth, the streets, but he thinks he knows how to deal with reality. If he lives long enough he will die in a stinking cage.

"Street smart" is one variety of what I call Shrewd.

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