To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
STEVEN WRIGHTThe older you get, the more you learn to see what you’ve been taught to see. When you’re a kid, you see what’s there.
More Steven Wright Quotes
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I went for a walk last night and she asked me how long I was going to be gone. I said, ‘The whole time.
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If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?
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One time a cop pulled me over for running a stop sign. He said, “Didn’t you see the stop sign?” I said, “Yeah, but I don’t believe everything I read”
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Half the people you know are below average.
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My doctor told me I shouldn’t work out until I’m in better shape. I told him, ‘All right; don’t send me a bill until I pay you.’
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It was the first time I was ever in love, and I learned a lot. Before that I’d never even thought about killing myself.
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Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
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If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?
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How do you get off a non-stop flight?
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When I turned two I was really anxious, because I’d doubled my age in a year. I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I’m six I’ll be ninety.
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All those who believe in psychokinesis – raise my hand.
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I was sad because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. So I said, “Got any shoes you’re not using?
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If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?
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If at first you don’t succeed, then skydiving definitely isn’t for you.
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You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
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