Quotes & Jokes by Demetri Martin / page 28
But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom.
Right now someone out there is struggling and starting to panic because they can't get out of a tempurpedic bed.
I am the Walrus, but not the one you’re probably thinking of. I am the other Walrus, the one who is less the Walrus in the sense of legendary music and more the Walrus in the sense of his tendency to lie around in places for too long.
Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline.
To get strangers to hate you even faster, crank up the volume on that very "interesting" ringtone of yours.
Suicide is the number one killer of a person who is in a boat and happens to be passing under a bridge at the wrong time.
When watering your plants, try to talk to them - say something like, "Hold it right there" and then shoot them with water gun.
To have the enthusiasm of a game show contestant and the dignity to never be one.
I went into a clothing store, and the lady asked me what size I was. I said, 'Actual'. I'm not to scale.
I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.
