Steve Martin Quotes

I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life.

Steve Martin

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• When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.

  

  Sally Phillips
  • Write
  • Create
  • Joke

• Let thy step be slow and steady, that thou stumble not.

  

  Ieyasu Tokugawa
  • Step
  • Slow
  • Steady

• If I die tomorrow, I've done the two hardest things anybody can do in this life with the least amount of security - music and acting - and I've had success in both. I can't really complain. I try not to live my life that way.

  

  Yul Vazquez
  • Life
  • Music
  • Live

• I had always suspected that one could build an entire house from what went into the landfill, and, sure enough, it's true.

  

  Dan Phillips
  • True
  • House
  • Always

• What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.

  

  Gary Oldman
  • Always
  • Teach
  • Consciousness

• Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true. The smarter you are, the better prepared you are to make decisions in your life, the more likely you are to lead a satisfying life and be glamorous and fun and anything you want to be.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Life
  • True
  • Fun

• How strange to have failed as a social creature - even criminals do not fail that way - they are the law's 'Loyal Opposition,' so to speak. But the insane are always mere guests on earth, eternal strangers carrying around broken decalogues that they cannot read.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Earth
  • Law
  • Broken

• Africa’s progress will depend on development that truly lifts countries from poverty to prosperity - because people everywhere deserve the dignity of a life free from want.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Life
  • Free

• I don't know about five guys against the world. It's more like five guys against these three chords, and we're gonna wrestle 'em down no matter what it takes.

  

  Benmont Tench Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • World

• I can feel the public side of my life and the private side of my life sort of drifting away from one another.

  

  Eleanor Catton
  • Life

• Seventy per cent humidity is ideal for vocal cords.

  

  Bjork

• The world has changed and it's going to keep changing, but God never changes; so we are safe when we cling to Him.

  

  Charles R. Swindoll
  • World
  • God

• I am really laid back and kind of go-with-the-flow, but I will never do anything that I don't believe in.

  

  Kris Allen
  • Believe

• Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old!

  

  May Sarton
  • Baby

• I've never really considered doing stand up, but I have done readings/spoken word things fairly often in which I'll just tell a bunch of stories and run off at the mouth. I'm a big tangent person.

  

  Laurie Notaro
  • Up
  • Done

• I want to show how strong and smart women are. We go through so much. We need to see that on screen. Those female parts are not many, but they are out there, and I have to find some. I want that chance.

  

  Ana de Armas
  • Women
  • Strong
  • Smart

• I love what I'm doing. It's my life. When it's time to go, I'll probably be fighting to get out of the casket. I'll be yelling at the priest instead of a referee.

  

  Lou Duva
  • Life
  • Time
  • Fighting

• What do folk always say about Arsenal? They can pass you to death.

  

  Charlie Adam
  • Death

• The future is like heaven, everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

  

  James A. Baldwin
  • Future
  • Heaven

• Then come on up. DO everyone a favor and shut me up," he said. "Put down your money, pick up that ball, and let it fly, looker." "I'd rather not" People laughed. He flapped his arms and squawked like a chicken "Afraid you can't throw that far?" "I know I can" He lifted his hat in a small salute to my claim. Blond curls slipped out, then he plopped the hat back on and said, "I dare you.

  

  Elizabeth Chandler
  • Arms
  • Balls
  • Dare

• Have you ever seen any member of radiohead aside from me in public? Do they interact or 'lift' objects? Holograms, all of them. I created them in 1991 using my massive brainpower. Even pitchforkmedia is a product of my brilliant imagination.

  

  Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace
  • Imagination
  • Brilliant
  • Radiohead

• Great living starts with a picture, held in your imagination, of what you would like to do or be.

  

  Harry Emerson Fosdick
  • Imagination
  • Picture

• A photograph must come from imagination and not be a reflection of what is.

  

  Thierry Mugler
  • Imagination
  • Reflection
  • Photograph

• I'm always looking for something to engage my imagination and take me on a little mental voyage. I just want a new topic in my life.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Imagination
  • Littles
  • Topics