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" I was a good student when I was a kid, and I did everything I was supposed to do, and I got A's. "
Demetri Martin
Kid
Did
Everything
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" I love women, but I feel like you can't trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog's name. Then I said, 'Does he bite?' She said, 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?' Liar. "
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Pet
" It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don't feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who's doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it's more possible. "
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You
Think
" I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.' I said, 'I am.' "
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You
Me
I Am
" Another term for balloon is bad breath holder. "
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Holder
Balloon
Breath
" I think it's interesting that 'cologne' rhymes with 'alone.' "
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I Think
Alone
Interesting
" I wonder what the most intelligent thing ever said was that started with the word 'dude.' 'Dude, these are isotopes.' 'Dude, we removed your kidney. You're gonna be fine.' 'Dude, I am so stoked to win this Nobel Prize. I just wanna thank Kevin, and Turtle, and all my homies.' "
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Win
Wonder
You
" My favorite fruit is grapes. Because with grapes, you always get another chance. 'Cause, you know, if you have a crappy apple or a peach, you're stuck with that crappy piece of fruit. But if you have a crappy grape, no problem - just move on to the next. 'Grapes: The Fruit of Hope.' "
Demetri Martin
Apple
Problem
Move On
" I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead. "
Demetri Martin
Average
Grateful
Person
" I wrapped my Christmas presents early this year, but I used the wrong paper. See, the paper I used said 'Happy Birthday' on it. I didn't want to waste it so I just wrote 'Jesus' on it. "
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Happy
Birthday
Christmas
" My plumbing is all screwed up. Because it turns out, I do not own a garbage disposal. "
Demetri Martin
Garbage
Because
Own
" But what I was going to say was, I just figured I'm going to go boldly in the direction of my dreams, say it as Thoreau would say, and just see where it takes me. "
Demetri Martin
Direction
Dreams
Go
" I used to play sports. Then I realized you can buy trophies. Now I am good at everything. "
Demetri Martin
Good
Now
Play
" Stand up is really fun because if I think of a joke or a funny idea, then I can just go and tell some people and if they laugh, they laugh right away. "
Demetri Martin
Funny
Stand Up
Think
" The bird, the bee, the running child are all the same to the sliding glass door. "
Demetri Martin
Child
Bird
Bee
" I never set out to do a sketch show. "
Demetri Martin
Set
Never
Sketch
" I wasn't even a big comedy nerd. A lot of the comedians I know - a lot of my friends are comedians - they knew a lot about comedy growing up. "
Demetri Martin
Friends
Growing Up
Know
" It seems that two of the most basic forms of comedy are jokes and stories. And, of course, they are not mutually exclusive. "
Demetri Martin
Two
Basic
Comedy
" People and squirrels are very different. Most people will not argue that. But I find that there is one situation in which they're very similar. And that is: when I am driving towards them in my car. Then they're kind of hard to tell apart - especially if the human is kind of hairy. "
Demetri Martin
Car
Driving
I Am
" Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die. And when I'm swimming, sometimes I'm not sure which one it is. "
Demetri Martin
Die
Fun
Sometimes
" I like video games, but they are very violent. I want to create a video game in which you have to help all the characters who have died in the other games. 'Hey, man, what are you playing?' 'Super Busy Hospital. Could you leave me alone? I'm performing surgery! This guy got shot in the head, like, 27 times!' "
Demetri Martin
Game
Busy
Me
" I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.' "
Demetri Martin
Someone
You
Kind
" But long story short, I didn't start doing stand-up because I wanted to have a TV show or be an actor or even wanted to write sketch comedy. I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. "
Demetri Martin
Long
Story
Doing
" People only have so much attention. "
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Attention
People
Only
" Usually, my favorite joke is whichever joke I most recently came up with that surprised me the first time I thought of it. "
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Joke
Thought
Time
" And of course I didn't make any money from stand up for years, so I had temp jobs. That was the way I made money. "
Demetri Martin
Years
Stand
Money
" I saw a transvestite wearing a T-shirt that said 'Guess'. "
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Said
Wearing
T-Shirt
" If I have to move up in a building, I choose the elevator over the escalator. Because one time I was riding the escalator and I tripped. I fell down the stairs for an hour and a half. "
Demetri Martin
Choose
Building
Time
" I got into stand-up because I love stand-up. Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punch line. "
Demetri Martin
Punch
Line
Short
" A lot of people don't like bumper stickers. I don't mind bumper stickers. To me a bumper sticker is a shortcut. It's like a little sign that says 'Hey, let's never hang out.' "
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Like
Mind
Never
" I like fruit baskets because it gives you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed you an apple you'd be like, 'huh? What the hell is this?' But if it's in a fruit basket you're like, 'this is nice!' "
Demetri Martin
Someone
Hell
Nice