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?”
JERRY SEINFELDSee, you know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to hold the reservation and that’s really the most important part of the reservation, the holding. Anybody can just take them.
More Jerry Seinfeld Quotes
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There’s more to life than making shallow, fairly obvious observations.
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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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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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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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Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there’s no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.
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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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I didn’t know every day I would be discussing the tone of my voice with my wife. I thought it was a marriage. Apparently, it’s a musical.
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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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Most people, you do a TV series, it ends three, four, five years later; it’s a relic.
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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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Pain is usually represented by lightning attacking the guy. Glowing redness is also popular. Sometimes parts of the guy would just burst into flames.
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The Four Levels of Comedy: Make your friends laugh, Make strangers laugh, Get paid to make strangers laugh, and Make people talk like you because it’s so much fun.
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That’s why breakups take two or three times- to build up immunity.
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Your blessing in life is when you find the torture you’re comfortable with.
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The best revenge is living well.
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