Quotes & Jokes by Steven Wright / page 4
My gran used to say, "here’s five dollars and don’t tell your mother that I’m giving this to you". I said, "it will cost you more than that".
I once tried to commit suicide by jumping off a building... I changed my mind at the last minute, so I just flipped over and landed on my feet. Two little kittens nearby saw what happened and one turns to the other and says, "See, that's how it's done."
I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
I bought a self learning record to learn Spanish. I turned it on and went to sleep; the record got stuck. The next day I could only stutter in Spanish.
If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.
When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving. He said it was elevator practice.
I was cleaning out my closet and I found a swim suit that I had made out of sponges. I remember one time when I wore it. When I got out of the swimming pool nobody could go swimming until I came back.
Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish.
I was a peripheral visionary. I could see the future, but only way off to the side.
Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy.
I've been doing a lot of abstract painting lately, extremely abstract. No brush, no paint, no canvas, I just think about it.