Steve Martin Quotes

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• I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.

  

  Uday Kotak
  • Important
  • Focus
  • Progress

• I started cooking seven years ago for real, and I started with pasta, and lasagna and roast chicken. Very normal American dishes. When I turned on Food Network, or any sort of cooking channel, that's what people were making. So that's where your education comes from.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • People
  • Real
  • American

• I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Winning
  • Hurt
  • Ability

• Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.

  

  Fisher Stevens
  • Writing
  • Person
  • Possible

• With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.

  

  Ibrahim Babangida
  • Book
  • History
  • Present

• My legacy isn't about what I did playing football, but how I use the opportunities that came from playing football.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Football
  • Playing
  • Legacy

• L.A.'s a great city in a lot of ways. There's a lot of great weather here. I know some good people.

  

  Tahmoh Penikett
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about.

  

  J. A. Konrath
  • Care
  • Company
  • Compete

• It is time we admitted that we are not at war with 'terrorism'. We are at war with Islam. This is not to say that we are at war with all Muslims, but we are absolutely at war with the vision of life that is prescribed to all Muslims in the Koran. The only reason Muslim fundamentalism is a threat to us is because the fundamentals of Islam are a threat to us.

  

  Sam Harris
  • Life
  • Time
  • War

• It depends, because sometimes an action role can be very demanding, and sometimes a dialogue-driven character can be very demanding, and vice versa. It depends.

  

  Benicio Del Toro
  • Character
  • Action

• Today many Caribbean workers can be found in the hospital, construction, service and hotel industries, but there is also a growing professional sector.

  Charles B. Rangel
  • Today
  • Growing
  • Service

• If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.

  

  Charles Bukowski
  • Soul

• I just love a slow groove. I feel so comfortable in it. But I listen to a lot of fast music, a lot of techno and house.

  

  Nicholas James Murphy
  • Music
  • House

• I'm 69 kilos; I don't have a burden on my back.

  

  Neymar

• I try to dress a little casual before my photo-shoots. I can be comfortable before I go into my... transition.

  

  Jennifer Hudson

• When it's low-budget, and you have one other person on the set, you have to make rules.

  

  Lena Dunham

• If you think about it, I made history. Not only was I the first black British woman to be nominated for an Oscar, I was the first black British person.

  

  Marianne Jean-Baptiste
  • History
  • Black

• I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.

  

  Philip Johnson
  • People
  • Money

• But he who is hated by the people, as the wolf by the dogs - is the free spirit, the enemy of fetters, the non-adorer, the dweller in the woods.

  

  Friedrich Nietzsche
  • People
  • Spirit
  • Hated

• Oh, let me be mawkish for the nonce! I am so tired of being cynical.

  

  Vladimir Nabokov
  • Tired
  • Cynical

• I do think that I can sing, though I actually like voices I can't imitate.

  

  Inara George
  • Think
  • Like
  • I Can

• If we can remain present and deal with the moment in front of us, no matter what our battle, then if we lose, we'll know that ultimately we weren't supposed to win that battle in the first place.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Present
  • Win
  • Moment

• Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good deal of time in libraries, looking for some answers. I found all the answers I needed in that golden vein of ore that every library has.

  

  Og Mandino
  • Time
  • Good
  • Failure

• I'm tired of wasting letters when punctuation will do, period.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Tired
  • Punctuation