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title: "18 You Quotes By Jerry Seinfeld"
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> [You know, crankiness is at the essence of all comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/you-know-crankiness-is-at-the-essence-of-all-comedy/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [You can be passionate about anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/you-can-be-passionate-about-anything/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [I don't need you to be funny. I don't want to be entertained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-don-t-need-you-to-be-funny-i-don-t-want-to-be-entertained/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [A lot of times, you could play me just the laughs from my set, and I could tell you, from the laugh,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/a-lot-of-times-you-could-play-me-just-the-laughs-from-my-set-and-i/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [Funny is the world I live in. You're funny, I'm interested. You're not funny, I'm not interested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/funny-is-the-world-i-live-in-you-re-funny-i-m-interested-you-re-not/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [The worst way of flying, I think, is standby. It never works. That's why they call it standby. You end up standing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/the-worst-way-of-flying-i-think-is-standby-it-never-works-that-s-why/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it's an incomparable experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/if-you-get-something-right-you-really-feel-it-right-in-your-chest-on/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/forty-is-when-you-actually-begin-even-deserving-to-be-on-stage/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [When you're in comedy, people always come up and say, 'Oh, it must be so hard.' It really isn't hard unless you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/when-you-re-in-comedy-people-always-come-up-and-say-oh-it-must-be-so/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [I kind of thought that stand-up comedy would suffer from the Internet because people seem to know more about the craft of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-kind-of-thought-that-stand-up-comedy-would-suffer-from-the-internet/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [When you make a TV show, they always say you're a guest in someone's home. Online, you're a guest in someone's face.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/when-you-make-a-tv-show-they-always-say-you-re-a-guest-in-someone-s/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [You spend so much time in the world of virtual that the actual - which nothing is more actual than stand-up -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/you-spend-so-much-time-in-the-world-of-virtual-that-the-actual-which/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [I do a little thing about the way people shake the sweetener packet. You know, like they're all excited. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-do-a-little-thing-about-the-way-people-shake-the-sweetener-packet/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [A lot of advertising has gotten worse. I think it's kind of lost its nerve, to be honest with you. I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/a-lot-of-advertising-has-gotten-worse-i-think-it-s-kind-of-lost-its/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [Forty to 60 I would say is your prime. That's when you know the most, you've seen the most, you understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/forty-to-60-i-would-say-is-your-prime-that-s-when-you-know-the-most/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [You want to do good things, and once you've done a couple of good things in a row, you think 'Well gee,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/you-want-to-do-good-things-and-once-you-ve-done-a-couple-of-good/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [For me, it's a purity thing about the joke itself. It's a test of a joke whether or not you do it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/for-me-it-s-a-purity-thing-about-the-joke-itself-it-s-a-test-of-a/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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> [I don't want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-don-t-want-to-be-too-critical-of-what-other-people-do-but-when/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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## Other authors on You

## More by Jerry Seinfeld

> [“i chose not to run”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-chose-not-to-run/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [We’re all trying to get to the same island, whether you swim, fly, surf, or skydive in, it doesn’t matter. What matters is when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/we-re-all-trying-to-get-to-the-same-island-whether-you-swim-fly-surf/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [I have a nice bookshelf in my office, but not my house. I'm crass, but not that crass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-have-a-nice-bookshelf-in-my-office-but-not-my-house-i-m-crass-but/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [There's no downside to fame and people who whine about it make me sick. It's the greatest thing in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/there-s-no-downside-to-fame-and-people-who-whine-about-it-make-me/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [We're all trying to get to the same island — whether you swim, fly, surf, or skydive, it doesn't matter. What matters is when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/we-re-all-trying-to-get-to-the-same-island-whether-you-swim-fly-surf-2/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [I was in the drug store the other day trying to get a cold medication...Not easy. There's an entire wall of products you need.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-was-in-the-drug-store-the-other-day-trying-to-get-a-cold-medication/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [I went up to the camp and Paul had me eat my first oyster I had never had an oyster in my life. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/i-went-up-to-the-camp-and-paul-had-me-eat-my-first-oyster-i-had-never/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [Then, finally, the third year, begging the parents, I got the Superman Halloween costume. Cardboard box, self-made top, mask included. Remember the rubber band…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/then-finally-the-third-year-begging-the-parents-i-got-the-superman/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [This is really a crazy idea, you know. It probably won't work, but that will be interesting, too. You have to motivate yourself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/this-is-really-a-crazy-idea-you-know-it-probably-won-t-work-but-that/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [If you get something right, you really feel it, right in your chest, on stage. I think it's an incomparable experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/if-you-get-something-right-you-really-feel-it-right-in-your-chest-on/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [People have an infinite attention span if you are entertaining them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/people-have-an-infinite-attention-span-if-you-are-entertaining-them/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [It's hard to do nothing because you tend to do something and then you have to drop everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/it-s-hard-to-do-nothing-because-you-tend-to-do-something-and-then-you/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [A really hard laugh is like sex-one of the ultimate diversions of existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/a-really-hard-laugh-is-like-sex-one-of-the-ultimate-diversions-of/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [There are many things you can point to as proof that the human is not smart. But my personal favorite would have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/there-are-many-things-you-can-point-to-as-proof-that-the-human-is-not/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

> [You know what I never get with the limo? The tinted windows. Is that so people don't see you? Yeah, what a better way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/you-know-what-i-never-get-with-the-limo-the-tinted-windows-is-that-so/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

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