Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" I bought some instant water one time but I didn't know what to add to it. "
Steven Wright
Instant
Know
Time
Related Quotes:
" My friend has a baby. I'm recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant. "
Steven Wright
Friend
My Friend
I Can
" I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the sign says you're open 24 hours.' He said, 'Yes, but not in a row.' "
Steven Wright
Door
You
Yes
" I went to a general store. They wouldn't let me buy anything specifically. "
Steven Wright
Anything
Buy
General
" OK, so what's the speed of dark? "
Steven Wright
Speed
Dark
OK
" If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey? "
Steven Wright
You
Had
Like
" I was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom. "
Steven Wright
Classroom
Friends
Laugh
" I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly. "
Steven Wright
Company
Game
Wrong
" My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere. "
Steven Wright
Somewhere
Elephant
Pet
" I've been thinking of humorous things since I was... I can't remember when. All the way through elementary school, all the way through junior high, all the way through high school, through college and after college, I was thinking of the same kinds of things that I say in front of an audience now. "
Steven Wright
School
Thinking
High School
" I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone. "
Steven Wright
Stop
Car
Gone
" When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually. "
Steven Wright
Little
Only
Sand
" I'm seeing the world partially through the eyes of a kid. Not all the time. There's no black and white to it. But sometimes I'm seeing it like I'm 4. "
Steven Wright
World
Kid
Eyes
" Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time. "
Steven Wright
Time
You
Distance
" I always thought Johnny Carson was just brilliant, and I used to watch him and all the comics that would be on the show every night - and I'd dream about it being me. "
Steven Wright
Watch
Thought
Night
" I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious! "
Steven Wright
People
Live
Apartment
" I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral report. I forced myself to deal with it and not dwell on the class in front of me - to keep a straight face, give the report and concentrate on getting it right. That's normally how I perform. That's how I am. "
Steven Wright
Face
School
Teacher
" For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out. "
Steven Wright
Fight
Same
Room
" I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window. "
Steven Wright
Window
Way
Play
" I like George Carlin's jokes. I like his humor. He's one of my heroes, and I like what he did with talking about everyday things. "
Steven Wright
Everyday
Talking
Jokes
" I've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on 'The Tonight Show.' There's truly nothing like it; it's intense and exhilarating, even though it looks so casual. "
Steven Wright
Comedy
Doing
Looks
" I intend to live forever. So far, so good. "
Steven Wright
Live
Far
Forever
" If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? "
Steven Wright
Friends
You
Her
" I've always had to conquer fear when I'm on stage. Basically, I was and still am a very shy person. It's absolutely in conflict with what I do. But once I deliver the first joke I'm okay. It's like I'm out there all by myself just delivering my lines to nobody in particular without ever trying to notice the audience in front of me. "
Steven Wright
Shy
Myself
Me
" Very rarely do I talk off the top of my head on stage. I'm not an improv guy. I'm a writer-guy who presents what he's written. "
Steven Wright
Guy
Off
Talk
" When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?' "
Steven Wright
Canada
You
Well
" My mother is from another time - the funniest person to her is Lucille Ball; that's what she loves. A lot of times she tells me she doesn't know what I'm talking about. I know if I wasn't her son and she was flipping through the TV and saw me, she would just keep going. "
Steven Wright
Me
Time
Mother
" I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out. "
Steven Wright
Home
Car
Message
" Don't you hate when your hand falls asleep and you know it will be up all night. "
Steven Wright
Hand
Night
Will
" There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. "
Steven Wright
Shore
Standing
Fishing
" I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place. "
Steven Wright
You
Park
Place