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" When I was a kid, I always wanted to live in California because I liked skateboarding. "
Demetri Martin
Always
Live
Skateboarding
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" 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
" There's a store in my neighborhood called Futon World. I like that name, 'Futon World.' Makes me think of a magical place that gets less and less comfortable over time. "
Demetri Martin
World
Me
Name
" 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.' "
Demetri Martin
Win
Wonder
You
" I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar! "
Demetri Martin
Woman
Dog
Women
" I didn't do improv in college, I never performed, I didn't do theater either. I was in student government, I was a history major. "
Demetri Martin
Government
College
History
" I'm always excited to try something I haven't done. "
Demetri Martin
Always
Excited
Done
" 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
" I think since I was kid people told me that they thought I was funny. "
Demetri Martin
Funny
Kid
Me
" A lot of people like lollipops. I don't like lollipops. To me, a lollipop is hard candy plus garbage. I don't need a handle. Just give me the candy. "
Demetri Martin
People
Need
Me
" 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 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
" 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
" I like stand-up. But I'd also like a family and house and a yard. I want to work with a lot of people, have colleagues; and on good film sets, there's people there that work with the same people for years and years. I love that collaborative spirit in that medium. Comedy is a lot more solitary. "
Demetri Martin
Love
People
Work
" They say that structure is freedom, and in a sense it is. When you're dealing with multiple constraints, you have to figure out what you can get out of that. "
Demetri Martin
They Say
Structure
Say
" If you can't tell a spoon from a ladle, then you're fat! "
Demetri Martin
Funny
You
Then
" I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old. "
Demetri Martin
Years
Started
Old
" 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.' "
Demetri Martin
You
Me
I Am
" Employee of the month is a good example of how somebody can be both a winner and a loser at the same time. "
Demetri Martin
Loser
Good
Time
" I saw a transvestite wearing a T-shirt that said 'Guess'. "
Demetri Martin
Said
Wearing
T-Shirt
" As a comic, I think I'm very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I've written or thought up and how I say it. "
Demetri Martin
Thought
Up
Think
" I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association. "
Demetri Martin
School
Law
Student
" 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
" I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I'm not a smoker, I just really like certain songs. "
Demetri Martin
Keep
Like
Songs
" I think it's interesting that 'cologne' rhymes with 'alone.' "
Demetri Martin
I Think
Alone
Interesting
" I wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that's 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it says 'go outside.' "
Demetri Martin
Funny
Finish
Go
" But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom. "
Demetri Martin
Freedom
Found
Because
" And my only rule being if when I wake in the morning I'm looking forward to the things that I have to do that day, then I'm on the right track. "
Demetri Martin
Day
Looking
Looking Forward
" Stand-up is like a row boat: it's fun and romantic when you're choosing to do it. But if you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it's not as enjoyable; that's survival. "
Demetri Martin
Romantic
Fun
Survival
" And as far as actors go, Peter Sellers is my all-time favorite. "
Demetri Martin
Far
Go
Favorite
" I like to use 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter' on my toast in the morning, because sometimes when I eat breakfast, I like to be incredulous. How was breakfast? Unbelievable. "
Demetri Martin
Food
Believe
Breakfast