Steve Martin Quotes & Sayings

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”

“Bad psychoanalysis would say I enjoyed pleasing people, working really hard and pleasing people, which is probably related to my father in some way. But I really liked working hard. When I worked at Disneyland, I'd do 12 hours straight and go home thrilled.”

“You know what your problem is, it's that you haven't seen enough movies - all of life's riddles are answered in the movies.”

“Boy, those French: they have a different word for everything!”

“An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might be.”

“There is one thing I would break up over, and that is if she caught me with another woman. I won't stand for that.”

“When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.”

“I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.”

“I think I meant that, given the circumstances of my childhood, I had the illusion that it's easier to be alone. To have your relationships be casual and also to pose as a solitary person, because it was more romantic. You know, I was raised on the idea of the ramblin' man and the loner.”

“Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.”