"Cottonballs are an example of something I'd want to buy, but not have as a nickname."
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"I was eating some candy and looked on the wrapper, and it said made from natural and artificial flavors. You could just say flavors."
"When someone shows you a picture of their kids what they don't want to hear is Oh, yeah, I got pictures of your kid too."
"I have a jar at home, and I put pennies in it whenever I curse. The other day I spilled the jar. I owe it about $25."
"The boomerang is Australia's chief export (and then import)."
"A cool tattoo design is any drawing that would also look good saggy."
"Don't talk to strangers. Sure, unless you want to meet anyone ever."
"Americans who do not celebrate Independence Day: pets."
"I think a bad place for a fire would be the factory where they make those trick candles."
"The thing about glitter is if you get it on you, be prepared to have it on you forever. Because glitter doesn't go away. Glitter is the herpes of craft supplies."
"Skeet shooting is probably more satisfying if you really hate skeets."
"I have an air mattress. It's great because if someone tries to suffocate me in bed I can just poke a hole in it and use it to stay alive."
"I've never read an article of clothing."
"Sometimes I feel like I'm being watched, but then I remember that my show was canceled three years ago."
"A good name for a gang would be The Uneducated Idiot Tough Guys."
"I believe in empathy. When religion provides that for people, it's the best thing in the world."
"Why are there not positive mysteries? It's always who stole the diamond, or who killed the butler? How about... who made cookies, somebody cleaned my room."
"I want to launch a globe into space just to mess with the astronauts."
"When I was in high school I experimented sexually. The experiment was to never have sex with anybody no matter how hard I tried. Success! Hypothesis confirmed."
"As soon as I jumped out of the airplane, I realized I had forgotten my parachute. Thank God we were still on the runway."