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" Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. "
Steven Wright
Night
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Cards
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" When I was a kid, I never did funny things to get attention. I was never a funny person. I was never, like, 'Oh, wow. I could say this some day on stage.' "
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" If at first you don't succeed, then skydiving definitely isn't for you. "
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" I paint; I draw and paint - I've been doing that since I was in third grade, drawing realistically and then changing to abstract art. That was my first creative thing before guitar or comedy. "
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" It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to have to paint it. "
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" 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. "
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Way
Play
" My favorite book is anything by Kurt Vonnegut - he's my literary hero. I got to meet him several times, which was a great thrill for me. I don't really remember what we talked about. "
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" When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually. "
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" I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business. "
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Time
" Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country. "
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Live
Skiing
" I live on a one-way street that's also a dead end. I'm not sure how I got there. "
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End
Got
" George Carlin's album, 'Class Clown,' came out when I was in high school. I memorized a lot of that album. I'd come home from school, put it on, and listen over and over. I started memorizing it. I don't even know why. I loved it so much I memorized it. "
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Know
Home
" I look like a casual, laid-back guy, but it's like a circus in my head. "
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Look
Circus
Guy
" I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit a bookmark. "
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Just
" Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at. "
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Jokes
Will
Predict
" The other day I... uh, no, that wasn't me. "
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Me
Other
Day
" It's very intense to be in front of a live audience. It's just an amazing experience. It's dangerous. Everything out there is heightened. The bad stuff is extra-worse. The silences are extra-silent. The good stuff is amazing. It's electric when you walk out there. For 90 minutes, you're on this other planet. "
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Good
Amazing
Experience
" I used to work in a fire hydrant factory. You couldn't park anywhere near the place. "
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You
Park
Place
" 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. "
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Guy
Off
Talk
" I have all the emotions that everyone has; it just appears that I don't. "
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Emotions
Everyone
" How young can you die of old age? "
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Young
Old
Die
" My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. "
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Evolution
Theory
Adopted
" When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'Well, what do you need?' "
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Canada
You
Well
" I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly. "
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Game
Wrong
" If God dropped acid, would he see people? "
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God
Would
" When I die, I'm gonna leave my body to science fiction. "
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Body
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Science
" To the audience, it's like I'm changing the subject every five seconds, but to me, my show's almost like a 90-minute song that I know exactly. I wrote every note, and I know exactly where everything is. "
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Audience
Everything
" If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny. "
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Penny
Someone
" I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out. "
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Had
Out
" Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. "
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Need
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" George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk. "
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