Steve Martin Quotes

I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

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• In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Society
  • Respect
  • Talent

• I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.

  

  Harold Pinter
  • Mean
  • Never
  • Understand

• The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.

  

  Flip Wilson
  • Women
  • She
  • Success

• Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • School
  • Learn
  • Example

• I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.

  

  Laura Wade
  • People
  • Strong
  • Interesting

• Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

  

  Edsger Dijkstra
  • Simplicity
  • Reliability

• It was only after the Grimms published two editions primarily for adults that they changed their attitude and decided to produce a shorter edition for middle-class families. This led to Wilhelm's editing and censoring many of the tales.

  

  Jack Zipes
  • Attitude
  • Two
  • Editing

• There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Women
  • Change
  • Better

• When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • People
  • Men
  • Society

• President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.

  

  Randy Neugebauer
  • People
  • Great
  • Help

• All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!

  

  Carlos Castaneda
  • Heart
  • Path
  • Same

• If there is one thing that the women and men of the late 20th century who have an awareness and enjoyment of history can be sure of, it is that Islam was not sent from Heaven to foster egotism and mediocrity.

  

  Fatema Mernissi
  • Men
  • Women
  • History

• I'm not good at interviews, I'm not good at dancing, I'm not good at looking like I'm having fun. I never will be, I don't think. Unless I go to a life coach.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Life
  • Good
  • Fun

• 'Sicario' was successful, but it was successful because Denis and the producers were, you know, they were very lean. It was very lean filmmaking.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Know
  • Successful
  • Filmmaking

• Foreign universities have two aspects - content and brand. If we focus on the brand, we could lose out on the content. The idea is to focus on the content.

  

  Pallam Raju
  • Focus
  • Brand
  • Content

• Tolerance is another word for indifference.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Tolerance
  • Indifference

• I survived because I never took on big responsibilities in my private life. In the early days, I lived on two or three pounds a week and learned to cook - and I'm a good cook - because I had to. Even when I went on holiday, I stayed in other people's houses.

  

  Cameron Mackintosh
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • Education
  • Beginning
  • Advice

• I read just endlessly, ceaselessly, almost every book, it seems!

  

  Alice Paul
  • Book

• On the day of the audition for 'Sullivan and Son,' I had three other auditions all around Los Angeles. It was so hectic. I remember changing in my car before I went in to read.

  

  Valerie Azlynn
  • Remember
  • Day
  • Car

• I remember, in the winter of our first experiments, just seven years ago, looking on snow with new eyes.

  

  Edward M. Purcell
  • Remember
  • Eyes
  • Winter

• I love 'Star Wars,' you know, and I can't remember the last story meeting I've been in where 'Star Wars' wasn't referenced. It's so perfect in so many ways.

  

  Jon Favreau
  • Remember
  • Perfect
  • Star

• Destructive criticism is the biggest single enemy of human potential. It is worse than cancer or heart disease. While those diseases can ultimately lead to the deterioration and death of an individual, destructive criticism kills the soul of the person but leaves the body walking around.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Heart
  • Soul
  • Death

• I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.

  

  Steve Martin
  • Remember
  • Criticism
  • Vulnerable