I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
STEVE MARTINThankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
More Steve Martin Quotes
-
-
When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
STEVE MARTIN -
I guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
STEVE MARTIN -
First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
STEVE MARTIN -
I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
STEVE MARTIN -
Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
STEVE MARTIN -
I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.
STEVE MARTIN -
It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
STEVE MARTIN -
You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
STEVE MARTIN -
I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
STEVE MARTIN -
Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
STEVE MARTIN -
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 MARTIN -
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
STEVE MARTIN -
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.
STEVE MARTIN -
All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
STEVE MARTIN -
Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
STEVE MARTIN -
I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
STEVE MARTIN -
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.
STEVE MARTIN -
I just downloaded eleven hundred books onto my Kindle, and now I can’t lift it.
STEVE MARTIN -
I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
STEVE MARTIN -
There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
STEVE MARTIN -
The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
STEVE MARTIN -
Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
STEVE MARTIN -
How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
STEVE MARTIN -
A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
STEVE MARTIN -
Be so good they can’t ignore you.
STEVE MARTIN -
There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
STEVE MARTIN