Quotes & Jokes by Jerry Seinfeld / page 7

138 quotes

Men want to make women happy.

A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don't have a top for it.

I don't wanna be a Pirate!

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

The truth is, I had always wanted to be a comedian, but I really didn't have that kind of personality, and it's a terrifying thing to say.

There's no downside to fame and people who whine about it make me sick. It's the greatest thing in the world.

Men like a ref decision because they just want to get back to the game.

Festivus for the Restivus!

If you go to a bad movie, it's two hours. If you're in a bad movie, it's two years.

You can be passionate about anything.

I was in front of an ambulance the other day, and I noticed that the word "ambulance" was spelled in reverse print on the hood of the ambulance. And I thought, "Well, isn't that clever." I look in the rear-view mirror; I can read the word "ambulance" behind me. Of course while you're reading, you don't see where you're going, you crash. You need an ambulance. I think they're trying to drum up some business on the way back from lunch.

When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself.

I just knew it was time to leave that thing where it was. Even though I still occasionally think about it, I still think I did it the right way. It was the correct type of ending. By which I mean it came a little sooner than people were expecting...was such a wonderful experience for me. It wasn't even the thing I thought I was going to have a talent for. I just fell in with the perfect group of people and everything about it was sort of miraculous.

You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.

I will never understand why they cook on TV. I can't smell it. Can't eat it. Can't taste it. The end of the show they hold it up to the camera, "Well, here it is. You can't have any. Thanks for watching. Goodbye."