Steve Martin Quotes

Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.

Steve Martin

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• It's because of 'ER' that I've gotten the opportunity to get the work.

  

  Abraham Benrubi
  • Work
  • Opportunity
  • Because

• There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

  

  Washington Irving
  • Real
  • Humble
  • Dignity

• I love downtown L.A .and I relish any opportunity to spend time there.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Time
  • Love
  • Opportunity

• If only I could step back into the time of old movies, if only I could be given the opportunity to do what Katharine Hepburn did or what Rosalind Russell did. Those kinds of characters, that kind of patter, that kind of language, that kind of script. They don't exist any more.

  

  Kari Matchett
  • Time
  • Opportunity
  • Language

• I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.

  

  Barbara Kruger
  • People
  • Work
  • Opportunity

• I am no more humble than my talents require.

  

  Oscar Levant
  • Humble
  • Talents

• Your regrets aren't what you did, but what you didn't do. So I take every opportunity.

  

  Cameron Diaz
  • Opportunity
  • You
  • Regrets

• He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

  

  Quintilian
  • Opportunity
  • Evil
  • Only

• I get to delve into some of the most creative experience I've had as an actor on 'Mr. Robot.' I think there's a wide opportunity for actors to do that now more so than ever on television.

  

  Rami Malek
  • Experience
  • Opportunity

• Put the money into schools. Rational ones that train young minds to think, to demand that persons in authority show the evidence for the ideas they push. Do that, and we won’t need to provide a world for the Sacred Brethren who, given the opportunity, would run everyone else off the planet.

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • World
  • Money
  • Opportunity

• As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and move things around in people.

  

  Andy Grammer
  • People
  • Opportunity

• My father was a die maker for 39 years, so I had a basic understanding of the automobile industry and what the manufacturing world was like, just from the opportunity to spend time with him - just talking, because he was a car buff.

  

  Mary Barra
  • Time
  • World
  • Father

• I feel a responsibility to try and give back. I see young people out there who are trained, and any way I can help them and give them an opportunity is gratifying.

  

  Jimmy Smits
  • People
  • Help
  • Opportunity

• There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life.

  

  Byron Dorgan
  • Life
  • Good
  • Work

• I never thought I'd have the opportunity to visit another culture.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • Culture
  • Opportunity

• Honestly, there isn't anywhere in the world that I can say I would never travel to, given the opportunity.

  

  Christie Laing
  • World
  • Opportunity
  • Travel

• For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

  

  Paul Wolfowitz
  • Opportunity
  • Risk

• Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it.

  

  Eddie Alvarez
  • Long
  • Career
  • Opportunity

• When you don't act right to your family and friends, that's bad, but they also have the opportunity to experience the 'good' side as well. Disappointing the fans is an entirely different thing because the fans love your music and save up money to see you in concert.

  

  George Jones Mr. President (band)
  • Up
  • Good
  • Music

• Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

  

  Pope Francis
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• At base, financial literacy is inextricably connected to control over one's future.

  

  Ann Cotton
  • Future
  • Control
  • Financial

• If you watch the 'Blue Collar Tour,' I was probably the least redneck of everybody.

  

  Bill Engvall
  • Blue

• I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Women
  • Done
  • Together

• Comedy makes you humble. Because there are so many opportunities to miss, and strike out.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Opportunity
  • Humble