Quotes & Jokes by Demetri Martin / page 32
I can always tell how stupid someone is by how certain they are about what they’re saying.
It's Thursday and it really feels like a Thursday. Sometimes things just work out.
Drunken behavior will not be tolerated, except by those who are being hilarious.
The problem with my balloon collection is that people always think there’s a party. "Settle down. It’s not a party. It’s just balloons."
I love women, but I feel like you can't trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog's name. Then I said, 'Does he bite?' She said, 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?' Liar.
After going through years of litigation to get royalties due to him, the guy who coined the term ‘happily ever after’ lived reasonably well for a while.
I didn’t know angels flew this close to the ground. Maybe that’s because this angels gained a few pounds since we started going out.
I was thinking how strange it is that water is one of the best, simplest things on this planet, and still with a simple glass of water you can neutralize so many of the greatest technological advances that we provide. Like with my blackberry, I can get in touch with so many people, but if I dip it in a small glass of water I’m completely disconnected.
When you have a fat friend there are no see-saws, only catapults.
I call it ‘new forms’. When you’re starting out, they ask you to do four or five minute sets, but once you’re a headliner, you do like 90 minutes. I try to think of different things to divvy up the show, like doing drawings, playing music… I gotta carry the show, that’s the problem.
