Steven Wright Quotes - Page 19

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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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  Kids, Funny Things, Wow

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• I’m so tired... I was up all night trying to round off infinity.

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  Tired, Night, Trying

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• I live at the end of a dead end one way street. I don't know how I got there.

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  Funny, Humor, Way

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• 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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  Book, Hero, Thrill

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• I saw a small bottle of cologne and asked if it was for sale. She said, "It's free with purchase." I asked her if anyone bought anything toda

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  Funny, Humor, Bottles

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• I never even thought of myself as deadpan until someone wrote an article about me about a year after I was doing comedy. There was a paper called the 'Boston Phoenix,' and someone wrote a description of what I was doing and that's where I first saw 'deadpan.'

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  Boston, Years, Phoenix

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• I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates".

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  Morning, Stuff, Stolen

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• Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'

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  Funny, Life, Baby

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• 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.

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  Years, People, Comedian

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• Two babies were born on the same day at the same hospital. They lay there and looked at each other. Their families came and took them away. Eighty years later, by a bizarre coincidence, they lay in the same hospital, on their deathbeds, next to each other. One of them looked at the other and said, 'So, what did you think?

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  Life, Baby, Destiny

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• Childhood was very nice. The only thing wrong was that I was so introverted, everything became a big deal... 'Oh, no, here comes the bus. Where am I gonna sit on the bus?'

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  Nice, Childhood, Bigs

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• I was born. When I was 23 I started telling jokes. Then I started going on television and doing films. That's still what I am doing. The end.

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  Television, Film, Ends

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• How come you don't ever hear about gruntled employees? And who has been dis-ing them anyhow?

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  Funny, Humor, Employee

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• I have a fax machine with "fax waiting".

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  Funny, Humor, Fax Machines

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• The other day, I was walking my dog around my building . . . on the ledge. Some people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.

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  Dog, People, Ledges

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• I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.'

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  Funny, Money, Humor

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• I eat Swiss cheese from the inside out.

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  Funny, Humor, Cheese

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• I took a baby shower.

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  Funny, Baby, Humor

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• I was always making my friends laugh but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.

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  Laughing, Attention, Classroom

  "Steven Wright Offers Pony Rides". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 26, 2009.

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• In my house on the ceilings I have paintings of the rooms above... so I never have to go upstairs.

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  Funny, Humor, House

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• I parked in the tow-away zone, and when I got back, the entire neighborhood was gone.

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  Funny, Humor, Gone

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• I eat swiss cheese. But I only nibble on it. I make the holes bigger.

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  Funny, Humor, Cheese

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• I got a chain letter by fax. It's very simple. You just fax a dollar bill to everybody on the list.

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  Funny, Humor, Simple

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• How many people does it take to change a searchlight bulb?

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  Funny, Humor, People

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• I've been doing comedy longer than I haven't been doing comedy, as I was performing for three years before I even got on 'The Tonight Show.' There's truly nothing like it; it's intense and exhilarating, even though it looks so casual.

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  Years, Three, Looks

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