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title: "18 Years Quotes By Steve Martin"
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> [Whether I'm involved in creating something or not, it's a personal issue of do I respect it. But you can only know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/whether-i-m-involved-in-creating-something-or-not-it-s-a-personal/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [Halle Berry is here, whose win last year broke down barriers for unbelievably hot women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/halle-berry-is-here-whose-win-last-year-broke-down-barriers-for/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/through-the-years-i-have-learned-there-is-no-harm-in-charging-oneself/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/what-means-the-most-to-me-changes-through-the-years-there-was-a-time/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I was very vulnerable to criticism for many years. I could read a bad review and remember it my whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-was-very-vulnerable-to-criticism-for-many-years-i-could-read-a-bad/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I've run into people in my life who were so dramatic; people who are so extreme and so frustrating to be around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-ve-run-into-people-in-my-life-who-were-so-dramatic-people-who-are-2/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [With comedy, you never know until you put it in front of an audience. You shoot it and a year later you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/with-comedy-you-never-know-until-you-put-it-in-front-of-an-audience/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [The teen years are extremely serious and everything matters and every insult really hurts. I know there are cliques and bullying. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/the-teen-years-are-extremely-serious-and-everything-matters-and-every/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-did-stand-up-comedy-for-18-years-ten-of-those-years-were-spent/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-loved-doing-pennies-from-heaven-because-you-have-to-understand-that/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I hope people find my movies funny and will watch them years from now. And, in terms of writing, I hope that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-hope-people-find-my-movies-funny-and-will-watch-them-years-from-now/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I studied with the Maharishi for many years, and really didn't learn that much. But one thing that he taught me, I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-studied-with-the-maharishi-for-many-years-and-really-didn-t-learn/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I ignored my stand-up career for twenty-five years, but now, having finished this memoir, I view this time with surprising warmth. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-ignored-my-stand-up-career-for-twenty-five-years-but-now-having/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [The lure in art collecting and its financial rewards, not counting for a moment its aesthetic, cultural and intellectual rewards, is like…](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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Communication has changed so rapidly in the last 20 years, it's almost impossible to predict what might occur even in the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/communication-has-changed-so-rapidly-in-the-last-20-years-it-s-almost/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [Art as an aesthetic principle was supported by thousands of years of discernment and psychic rewards, but art as a commodity was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/art-as-an-aesthetic-principle-was-supported-by-thousands-of-years-of/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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> [I've run into people in my life who were so dramatic; people who are so extreme and so frustrating to be around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/i-ve-run-into-people-in-my-life-who-were-so-dramatic-people-who-are/)

[Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/)

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## Other authors on Years

## 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/)

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