Steve Martin Quotes

Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he's not, you can be pleasantly surprised.

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• I never want any problems with anybody in this world.

  

  Odell Beckham, Jr.
  • World
  • Want
  • Problems

• Si eres bueno con éste, con aquél dirán que eres bueno. Si eres bueno con todos, nadie dirá que eres bueno.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• One of the things that I try to be conscious about in crafting a song is the concept of bringing it home. I like to bring it somewhere familiar, someplace that people feel it's resolved, it's settled.

  

  Carole King
  • People
  • Trying
  • Home

• I'm intrigued by what video can do. It can endear you to a song that might pass your ears otherwise. You remember interesting imagery. It can change your perspective.

  

  Sam Brown
  • Remember
  • Song
  • Interesting

• Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger, an endless aching need. I say love, it is a flower and you, its only seed.

  

  Bette Midler
  • Heart
  • Needs
  • Flower

• My success will be remembered by others. I don't have to constantly remind myself. However, I must always remember my failure, for if I forget them, I am bound to myself.

  

  Lee Myung-bak
  • Remember
  • Success
  • Failure

• They don't understand what it is to be awake, / To be living on several planes at once / Though one cannot speak with several voices at once.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Speak
  • Voice
  • Awareness

• It's easier to be brave when you're not alone.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • Alone
  • Brave
  • Easier

• No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can't study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we're going to have tomorrow.

  

  Astrid Lindgren
  • Learning
  • Study
  • Weather

• Rob Lowe, who I thought was really good in the movie [ Bad Influence], had his performance overshadowed by this sort of tabloid approach to him and the movie.

  

  Curtis Hanson
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Movie

• I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

  

  Jack Roy
  • Time
  • Remember
  • Father

• Unto each one hath been prescribed a preordained measure, as decreed in God's mighty and guarded Tablets. All that which ye potentially possess can, however, be manifested only as a result of your own volition.

  

  Bahá'u'lláh
  • God
  • Book
  • Holy

• The Oscar seems to have been confused with the Nobel Peace Prize.

  

  Janet Maslin
  • Confused
  • Oscar
  • Nobel Peace Prize

• It's been a long time coming, but I think this group has proven they are one of the top teams in the nation and that they deserve to be there. We're going down with the idea of having a good time, but when it's game time, we need to be ready to play. With this group of kids, I have no doubt they will be ready.

  

  Jay Harrington
  • Time
  • Game
  • Idea

• Most of us can agree there is nothing more special, mysterious, mystical, powerful and important than life!

  

  Bryan Kest
  • Life
  • Powerful
  • Mysterious

• The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Service
  • Persons
  • Give

• I'm so not a financial person.

  

  Cynthia Nixon
  • Financial
  • Persons

• When we can commit a crime, we can also trigger debate. Cases go to courts. Media start covering the cases. But once you build smart environments where, if you meet a certain probabilistic profile, you won't even be allowed to board a bus, let alone commit a crime, we're perpetuating existing laws so they face no challenges or revision.

  

  Evgeny Morozov
  • Debate
  • Commit
  • Bus

• Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

  

  Arthur Helps
  • Fall
  • Wise
  • Ground

• Always do business as if the person you're doing business with is trying to screw you, because he probably is. And if he's not, you can be pleasantly surprised.

  

  Steve Martin
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