Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.
STEVEN WRIGHTHow come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him?
More Steven Wright Quotes
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Right now I’m having amnesia and déjà vu at the same time. I think I’ve forgotten this before.
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On the other hand, you have different fingers.
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If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?
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In my house there’s this light switch that doesn’t do anything. Every so often, I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in Germany. She said ‘cut it out’
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Why do you press harder on a remote-control when you know the battery’s dead?
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Some friends of mine got me a sweater for my birthday. I’d have preferred a moaner or a screamer, but the sweater was OK.
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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
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You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
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I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered.
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How come abbreviated is such a long word?
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A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
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My dental hygienist is cute. Every time I visit, I eat a whole package of Oreo cookies while waiting in the lobby. Sometimes she has to cancel the rest of the afternoon’s appointments.
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You know when you’re sitting on a chair and you lean back so you’re just on two legs and you lean too far so you almost fall over but at the last second you catch yourself? I feel like that all the time.
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Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?
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I have an inferiority complex, but it’s not a very good one.
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