Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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
Related Quotes:
" I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business. "
Steven Wright
Business
Laugh
Time
" I watched the Indy 500, and I was thinking that if they left earlier they wouldn't have to go so fast. "
Steven Wright
Watched
Indy
Left
" Only one in four jokes ever works, and I still can't predict what people will laugh at. "
Steven Wright
Jokes
Will
Predict
" The Bermuda Triangle got tired of warm weather. It moved to Alaska. Now Santa Claus is missing. "
Steven Wright
Got
Weather
Tired
" Like other kids wanted to become firemen or astronauts, I wanted to make people laugh. "
Steven Wright
Become
Laugh
People
" My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere. "
Steven Wright
Somewhere
Elephant
Pet
" 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
" My act is an exaggeration of a part of me. I'm much more expressive off stage. "
Steven Wright
Act
Stage
Off
" I like to reminisce with people I don't know. "
Steven Wright
Know
Reminisce
People
" I think it's wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly. "
Steven Wright
Company
Game
Wrong
" A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. "
Steven Wright
Bad
Clear
Sign
" If I ever had twins, I'd use one for parts. "
Steven Wright
Use
Parts
Had
" If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know? "
Steven Wright
Know
Dictionary
How
" I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. "
Steven Wright
Book
Writing
Numbers
" Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen. "
Steven Wright
Me
Wonder
Just
" If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back? "
Steven Wright
Wave
Heat
You
" I'm used to seeing it, but it's weird having an Academy Award. You usually only see one of them on the TV show when they give them out, so it's kind of surreal to have one in your house. "
Steven Wright
Seeing
You
Weird
" 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
" Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. "
Steven Wright
You
Need
Experience
" Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks? "
Steven Wright
Employees
Coffee
Take
" 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 didn't tell any of my friends that I wanted to be a comedian, because I was superstitious. I thought if I told people, it wouldn't happen. So I kept it all in my head for years and years. "
Steven Wright
Tell
Head
People
" So, do you live around here often? "
Steven Wright
You
Around
Here
" When I'm on stage, it's really intense. My mind is going a million miles an hour, trying to remember my act, trying to say it all the right way. It's funny how different it looks and how it's happening. There are three Fellini circuses in my head, and outwardly it looks like I'm going to get a bagel. "
Steven Wright
Mind
Remember
Three
" I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy. "
Steven Wright
Stop
Driving
Dizzy
" I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them. "
Steven Wright
Like
Want
Them
" In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you'd get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it's hard work, almost harder once you're successful because you've got to maintain it. "
Steven Wright
Work
Hard Work
Success
" I'm addicted to placebos. "
Steven Wright
Addicted
" I wear a hat on stage so that people won't be blinded by the reflection from my head. Also, if I don't wear a hat, there's no way that the hat can be at that level by itself on the stage. "
Steven Wright
Head
People
Reflection
" I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out. "
Steven Wright
Down
Had
Out