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 SEINFELDIf I want a long, boring story with no point to it, I have my life.
More Jerry Seinfeld Quotes
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You know the message you’re sending out to the world with these sweatpants? You’re telling the world, ‘I give up. I can’t compete in normal society. I’m miserable, so I might as well be comfortable.
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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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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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Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise.
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I’ve been car crazy my whole life, since I was nine years old. It’s just something I’m very aware of.
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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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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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The toughest nights when I was a young, unknown comedian were opening for these real old-time Italian singers. I’m like Grace Jones to them. “This guy is nuts-talking about socks. Where’s the wife jokes, where’s the fat jokes?”
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I love how you just make coffee and then somehow something gets done.
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When you’ve been in the business 5-years, as a person, it’s like you’re 5-years old – like a child. 10-years and you’re 10-years old, 20… Etcetera. That’s how I measure maturity in this industry.
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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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Magazines are another medium I love, because 95% is simply based on ‘How the hell are we going to fill all this blank space?
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That’s why breakups take two or three times- to build up immunity.
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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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