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.
STEVE MARTINSome 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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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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A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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When I die, now don’t think that I’m a nut, don’t want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.
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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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I love money. I love everything about it.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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It’s not what you know, it’s what you think you know.
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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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It’s pain that changes our lives.
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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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Dinosaurs did not walk with humans. The evolutionary record says different. They gambled.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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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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I could never be a woman, ’cause I’d just stay home and play with my breasts all day.
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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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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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I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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No art comes from the conscious mind.
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There’s no better way to learn something than to learn it in front of an audience. Your terror drives you.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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How many people have never raised their hand before?
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It’s not the size of the nose that matters, it’s what’s inside that counts.
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