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.
STEVE MARTINI guess I wouldn’t believe in anything if it weren’t for my lucky astrology mood watch.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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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 started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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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’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Acting is collaborative because you are working with another actor, and it’s almost like a two-man juggling team. You have to really be in sync.
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With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you have no idea if it’s going to work. And then you get the response. It’s great when it’s good.
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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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The banjo is such a happy instrument–you can’t play a sad song on the banjo – it always comes out so cheerful.
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Some people have a way with words, and other people; oh, uh, not have way.
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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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The greatest thing you can do is surprise yourself.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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