--- title: "19 Firsts Quotes By Steve Martin" description: "19 Firsts quotes by Steve Martin. Plus more from Steve Martin and more Firsts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/steve-martin-593_beer_ah-yes-i-remember-my-first-beer-1954058_1954058.jpg" --- > [Ah, yes. I remember my first beer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/ah-yes-i-remember-my-first-beer/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/steve-martin-593_beer_ah-yes-i-remember-my-first-beer-1954058_1954058.jpg) > [Romance takes place when you first fall in love. It stirs all emotions and you can manipulate and be manipulated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/romance-takes-place-when-you-first-fall-in-love-it-stirs-all-emotions/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/steve-martin-593_emotion_romance-takes-place-when-you-first-fall_641766.jpg) > [Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/mirabelle-is-attractive-it-s-just-that-she-is-never-the-first-or/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f4/steve-martin-593_attractive_mirabelle-is-attractive-it-s-just-that-s_1467010.jpg) > [I thought yesterday was the first day of the rest of my life but it turns out today is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-thought-yesterday-was-the-first-day-of-the-rest-of-my-life-but-it/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/steve-martin-593_firsts_i-thought-yesterday-was-the-first-day-of_1542373.jpg) > [I never had a movie that I wanted to do turned down in my whole life. I always write the script first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-never-had-a-movie-that-i-wanted-to-do-turned-down-in-my-whole-life/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee3/steve-martin-593_firsts_i-never-had-a-movie-that-i-wanted-to-do_2311177.jpg) > [The Apple Pie Hubbub was a significant novel for me, because that's when I first started using verbs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-apple-pie-hubbub-was-a-significant-novel-for-me-because-that-s/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/steve-martin-593_apple-pie_the-apple-pie-hubbub-was-a-significant-n_2329745.jpg) > [I did a lot of things when I first started out. In order to be in show business, I juggled, I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-did-a-lot-of-things-when-i-first-started-out-in-order-to-be-in-show/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/steve-martin-593_banjo_i-did-a-lot-of-things-when-i-first-start_2861321.jpg) > [Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/mirabelle-is-not-affected-by-a-man-s-failures-to-approach-her-as-her/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f44/steve-martin-593_approach_mirabelle-is-not-affected-by-a-man-s-fai_1359372.jpg) > [At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/at-first-i-had-no-skills-in-writing-comedy-i-didn-t-know-what-a-joke/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/014/steve-martin-593_adjusting_at-first-i-had-no-skills-in-writing-come_81155.jpg) > [I'm 48. For a while after 'The Jerk' (movie) I had a feeling of failure. I was a little scared. First people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-m-48-for-a-while-after-the-jerk-movie-i-had-a-feeling-of-failure-i/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/steve-martin-593_bigs_i-m-48-for-a-while-after-the-jerk-movie_2216425.jpg) > [The thing about the banjo is when you first hear it, it strikes many people as what's that? There's something very compelling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-thing-about-the-banjo-is-when-you-first-hear-it-it-strikes-many/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3a/steve-martin-593_banjo_the-thing-about-the-banjo-is-when-you-fi_2473131.jpg) > [I didn't come from a wealthy family. I had no money. Maybe it goes back to naivete which is your greatest asset…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-didn-t-come-from-a-wealthy-family-i-had-no-money-maybe-it-goes-back/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/steve-martin-593_assets_i-didn-t-come-from-a-wealthy-family-i-ha_3008969.jpg) > [It is the perfect wrong time for Jeremy to do to Mirabelle what she had done to him - call him up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-is-the-perfect-wrong-time-for-jeremy-to-do-to-mirabelle-what-she/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/steve-martin-593_betrothed_it-is-the-perfect-wrong-time-for-jeremy_3088825.jpg) > [Your only guidepost is your own instinct and judicious editing. In my stand-up act I learned that in the first 10 minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/your-only-guidepost-is-your-own-instinct-and-judicious-editing-in-my/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/steve-martin-593_audience_your-only-guidepost-is-your-own-instinct_691185.jpg) > [He gave her his phone number, in a peculiar reversal of dating procedure. She might have considered kissing him, even after the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/he-gave-her-his-phone-number-in-a-peculiar-reversal-of-dating/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/661/steve-martin-593_dating_he-gave-her-his-phone-number-in-a-peculi_1838610.jpg) > [For a while, Mirabelle believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/for-a-while-mirabelle-believes-there-will-be-a-moment-when-he-will/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/steve-martin-593_believe_for-a-while-mirabelle-believes-there-wil_2532830.jpg) > [When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-i-first-started-doing-my-stand-up-act-i-played-the-banjo-did/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/steve-martin-593_banjos_when-i-first-started-doing-my-stand-up-a_1090022.jpg) > [When I first started doing my comedy act, I just desperately needed material. So I took literally everything I knew how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-i-first-started-doing-my-comedy-act-i-just-desperately-needed/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/steve-martin-593_always_when-i-first-started-doing-my-comedy-act_2164320.jpg) > [It's horrible for someone to listen to someone learning any instrument - when I was first learning the banjo, I used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-s-horrible-for-someone-to-listen-to-someone-learning-any/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/steve-martin-593_banjos_it-s-horrible-for-someone-to-listen-to-s_1193790.jpg) ## Other authors on Firsts ## More by Steve Martin > [“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/people-in-coats-and-ties-were-milling-around-the-talley-gallery-and/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [Writing is something I took up rather than anything I had an inclination toward. I like acting -delivering someone else's message - but writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/writing-is-something-i-took-up-rather-than-anything-i-had-an/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [“It was easy to be great. Every entertainer has a night when everything is clicking. These nights are accidental and statistical: Like lucky cards…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/it-was-easy-to-be-great-every-entertainer-has-a-night-when-everything/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-like-a-woman-with-a-head-on-her-shoulders-i-hate-necks/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [“And after his unparsable response, including a passage where he said he was 'blurring the boundaries between a thing and thought,' she said, 'Thank…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/and-after-his-unparsable-response-including-a-passage-where-he-said/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-have-no-fear-no-fear-at-all-i-wake-up-and-i-have-no-fear-i-go-to/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [“Be undeniably good.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/be-undeniably-good/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [When I finally retire, I just want to go away so no one has to listen to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/when-i-finally-retire-i-just-want-to-go-away-so-no-one-has-to-listen/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/only-then-does-he-realize-what-he-has-done-to-mirabelle-how-wanting-a/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [“Lacey was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized. Alone, she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/lacey-was-just-as-happy-alone-as-with-company-when-she-was-alone-she/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [At first I had no skills in writing comedy. I didn't know what a joke was, but, as someone once told me, your emotions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/at-first-i-had-no-skills-in-writing-comedy-i-didn-t-know-what-a-joke/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [You cannot make your opportunities concur with the opportunities of people whose incomes are ten times greater than yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/you-cannot-make-your-opportunities-concur-with-the-opportunities-of/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [The lure in art collecting and its financial rewards, not counting for a moment its aesthetic, cultural and intellectual rewards, is like the trust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-lure-in-art-collecting-and-its-financial-rewards-not-counting-for/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/my-most-persistent-memory-of-stand-up-is-of-my-mouth-being-in-the/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/what-i-mean-is-that-none-of-my-talents-had-a-what-s-that-great-word/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/firsts/steve-martin/#itemlist", "name": "19 Firsts Quotes By Steve Martin", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ah, yes. 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