Steve Martin quotes

Be so good they can't ignore you.
- Steve Martin

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.
- Steve Martin

Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.
- Steve Martin

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.
- Steve Martin

I believe that sex is one of the most beautiful, natural, wholesome things that money can buy.
- Steve Martin

I saw the movie, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and was surprised because I didn't see any tigers or dragons. And then I realized why: they're crouching and hidden.
- Steve Martin

It's pain that changes our lives.
- Steve Martin

Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything.
- Steve Martin

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
- Steve Martin

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.
- Steve Martin

Writer's block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol.
- Steve Martin

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.
- Steve Martin

You know that look that women get when they want to have sex? Me neither.
- Steve Martin

We've had some fun tonight...considering we're all gonna die someday.
- Steve Martin

I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
- Steve Martin

First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.
- Steve Martin

How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?
- Steve Martin

I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.
- Steve Martin

She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.
- Steve Martin

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
- Steve Martin