Quotes & Jokes by Steve Martin / page 12

She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.

I saw the movie, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and I was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realised why: they're crouching and hidden.

There's a point when you're famous and it's unbearable to go out because you're too famous. And there's a moment when you're famous just right.

These times are much franker. For example, in the first movie we have to assume that the daughter and the son-in-law who got married were lovers before they got married. That could never have been in the '50s.

To be with another woman, that is French. To be caught, that is American.

I'm surprised even now that I was aware of things like that at that age. I don't know why. But I decided I would just rather not do them. So I quit for a while.

...you're nuts but you're welcome here.

I would have felt a little funny if another actor was playing this role.

Unlike Ray Porter, his love is fearless and without reservation.

The auction houses seemed not as dull as their financial counterparts on Wall Street, where parents of daughters imagined glass celings and bottom patting.

I just think they should get a fair shake. They didn't. They didn't have the rights regular criminals get.

Or is it that I think too much?

Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has damaged them both, and how he cannot justify his actions except that, well, it was life.

With a cheery delicacy she divided my obsessions into three categories: acceptable, unacceptable, and hilarious.

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.