I actually learned about sex watching neighborhood dogs. And it was good. Go ahead and laugh. I think the most important thing I learned was: Never let go of the girl’s leg, no matter how hard she tries to shake you off.
STEVE MARTINWhen I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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I was always very shy but as I get older I think, What am I being shy for? You just grow weary of your own hang-ups.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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I believe the United States should allow all foreigners in this country, provided they can speak our native language… Apache.
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There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won’t stand for that.
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Acting has helped me understand people, not only because you are acting as a character, but also because you are watching other actors work. That really helps you identify in life when someone is acting, not being true.
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I was deeply unhappy, but I didn’t know it because I was so happy all the time.
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Always do business as if the person you’re doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he’s not, you can be pleasantly surprised.
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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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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.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
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Some nights, alone, he thinks of her, and some nights, alone, she thinks of him. Some night these thoughts, separated by miles and time zones, occur at the same objective moment, and Ray and Mirabelle are connected without ever knowing it.
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Now let’s repeat the non-conformists’ oath: I promise to be different! I promise to be unique! I promise not to repeat things other people say! Good!
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Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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You have to get comfortable with your work, you really have to know what you’re doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.
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Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.
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First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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