Quotes & Jokes by Steve Martin / page 4

192 quotes

Comedy is the art of making people laugh without making them puke.

Love is a promise delivered already broken.

Ladies and gentlemen, I can envision a day when the brains of brilliant men can be kept alive in the bodies of dumb people!

It's kind of a dream come true, because we've always loved these films. We've loved this character, and now we have the opportunity to not remake the movie, but to play these characters. It's like playing Hamlet.

You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.

You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.

It eventually appeared to be me, cinematically. When I was writing it I was actually an author, you know, writing a book. ... But there certainly is a difference in energy between a younger man and an older man.

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.

I think when the movie `Roxanne' came out, which I also had written, I felt something new that I never felt, which was respect.

I lost 20 pounds - actually, I lost 25 pounds, but then I gained 5 back because I was too skinny. I didn`t change what I ate, I just started eating smaller portions. And I cut out bread - that`s the real killer, because I was reaching in and eating half a loaf before dinner arrived. All you have to do is that, and then you can drink all you want.

It's pain that changes our lives.

I know we've only known each other 4 weeks and 3 days, but to me it seems like 9 weeks and 5 days.

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.

Comedians don`t get Oscars, so I gave up on that a long time ago. And I can`t really speak about the Oscar-worthiness of my own performance.