Steve Martin > Quotes

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”
― Steve Martin

“I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.”
― Steve Martin

“I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.”
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“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

“It's pain that changes our lives.”
― Steve Martin, Shopgirl

“Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.”
― Steve Martin

“Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything.”
― Steve Martin

“I saw the movie, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden.”
― Steve Martin

“Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.”
― Steve Martin

“You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.”
― Steve Martin

“I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.”
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“Be so good they can't ignore you.”
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“... you're nuts but you're welcome here.”
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“First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.”
― Steve Martin

“If you've got a dollar and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've got 71 cents left; But if you've got seventeen grand and you spend 29 cents on a loaf of bread, you've still got seventeen grand. There's a math lesson for you.”
― Steve Martin

“I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.”
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“...it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.”
― Steve Martin, Shopgirl

“We've had some fun tonight...considering we're all gonna die someday.”
― Steve Martin

“Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, when you do criticize him, you'll be a mile away and have his shoes.”
― Steve Martin

“How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?”
― Steve Martin, Shopgirl

“I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.”
― Steve Martin

“I would assign every lie a color: yellow when they were innocent, pale blue when they sailed over you like the sky, red because I knew they drew blood. And then there was the black lie. That's the worst of all. A black lie was when I told you the truth. ”
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“I gave my cat a bath the other day...they love it. He sat there, he enjoyed it, it was fun for me. The fur would stick to my tongue, but other than that...”
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“She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.”
― Steve Martin, Shopgirl

“The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.”
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“I understood that as much as I had resisted the outside, as much as I had constricted my life, as much as I had closed and narrowed the channels into me, there were still many takers for the quiet heart.”
― Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company

“Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

“I've got to keep breathing. It'll be my worst business mistake if I don't.”
― Steve Martin

“I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.”
― Steve Martin