I really enjoy finding the right word, creating a good, flowing sentence. I enjoy the rhythm of the words.
STEVE MARTINThere 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 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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I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
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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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Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!
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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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I’ve got to keep breathing. It’ll be my worst business mistake if I don’t.
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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 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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I’m not trying to be a big shot or anything like that, but I get my drinks half price.
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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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I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Always make room for the unexpected in yourself.
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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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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How to make a million dollars: First, get a million dollars.
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A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
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I love money. I love everything about 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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I have found that– just as in real life–imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.
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Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.
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Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
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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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I started a grease fire at McDonald’s – threw a match in the cook’s hair.
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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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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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