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 MARTINYou 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.
More Steve Martin Quotes
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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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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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I will do anything to look like him – except, of course, exercise or eat right.
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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.
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Be so good they can’t ignore you.
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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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Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.
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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 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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All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.
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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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Don’t have sex man. It leads to kissing and pretty soon you have to start talking to them.
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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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Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
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Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
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