It was essential that I never show doubt about what I was doing.
STEVE MARTINNow 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!
More Steve Martin Quotes
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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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You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
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You can’t really conduct your life by one or two phrases.
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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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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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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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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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There’s someone out there for everyone – even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
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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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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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