There are more social skills required to talk one-on-one [than to an audience]. You don’t have to be socially fluid to talk to two thousand people.
JERRY SEINFELDThat’s why breakups take two or three times- to build up immunity.
More Jerry Seinfeld Quotes
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I always did well on the essay questions. Just put everything you know on there, maybe you’ll hit it.
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Surveys show that the #1 fear of Americans is public speaking. #2 is death. That means that at a funeral, the average American would rather be in the casket than doing the eulogy.
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What I don’t understand is how women can pour hot wax on their bodies, let it dry, then rip out every single hair by its root and still be scared of spiders.
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Once you start doing only what you’ve already proven you can do, you’re on the road to death.
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I am so busy doing nothing… that the idea of doing anything – which as you know, always leads to something – cuts into the nothing and then forces me to have to drop everything.
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Your blessing in life is when you find the torture you’re comfortable with.
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Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.
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I was the best man at the wedding… If I’m the best man, why is she marrying him?
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Dogs have no money. Isn’t that amazing? They’re broke their entire lives. But they get through. You know why dogs have no money? .. No Pockets.
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This is one of my big things of creative pursuits. You have your idea you want to do, but then you got to figure out what does this thing want to be? You got to let it lead you a little.
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I can’t go to a bad movie by myself. What, am I gonna make sarcastic remarks to strangers?
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There’s more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations.
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[I like to] engage with funny people, or weird people, or, you know, kind of off people. [Whereas when I meet] anybody who’s … normal … I’m not curious, I’m not interested.
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If I want a long, boring story with no point to it, I have my life.
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If airline seat cushions are such great flotation devices, why don’t you ever see anyone take one to the beach?
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