Quotes & Jokes by Steve Martin / page 4

192 quotes

It's pain that changes our lives.

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

Love is a promise delivered already broken.

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

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

Wow! You're a genius. You're like the Ernest Hemingway of bullshit.

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

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.

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

You know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!

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.

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.

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

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

Women have choices, and men have responsibilities.