"Last year we drove across the country...We had one cassette tape to listen to on the entire trip... I don't remember what it was."
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Steven Wright quotes (page 16 of 27)
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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."
"My friend Sally is a nudist. I went to her house. The closets have no doors. The walls are covered with see-through wallpaper."
"My friend Sam has one leg. I went to his house. I couldn't go up the stairs."
"Half the people you know are below average."
"Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds fee" on money they already know you don't have?"
"Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?"
"Clones are people two."
"Laughing stock: cattle with a sense of humor."
"My school colors were clear. We used to say, 'I'm not naked, I'm in the band."
"How do you tell when you’re out of invisible ink?"
"Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?"
"My secret to staying young... Having no sense of time."
"Today I dialed a wrong number... The other person said, "Hello?" and I said, "Hello, could I speak to Joey?"... They said, "Uh... I don't think so... he's only 2 months old." I said, "I'll wait.""
"I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I'm really thinking about."
"Is it possible to be totally partial?"
"The other day I ... no wait, that wasn't me."
"My friend Winnie is a procrastinator. He didn't get his birth mark til he was eight years old."
"I'm writing an unauthorized autobiography."
"Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?"