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What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.


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STEVE MARTIN I opened the show with this line: "I have decided to give the greatest performance of my life! Oh, w...
STEVE MARTIN But Carroll's were more convoluted, and they struck me as funny in a new way:

1) Babies a...
STEVE MARTIN My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the...
STEVE MARTIN How many people have never raised their hand before?
STEVE MARTIN I have heard it said that a complicated childhood can lead to a life in the arts. I tell you this st...
STEVE MARTIN Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: na�...
STEVE MARTIN You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? Take them to a museum and say, 'This ...
STEVE MARTIN I've heard lots of people lie to themselves but they never fool anyone.
STEVE MARTIN A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death...
MARTIN Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love ca...
MARTIN Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve.. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul gene...
MARTIN A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.
MARTIN It would have been a lot of fun as a receiver to play.
STEVE LARGENT YouTube is a platform, a distribution vehicle.
STEVE CHEN We're allowing technology to take out the non-value-added manual elements of the McDonald's ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK Ultimately, the bread and butter of McDonald's is delivering great service, great quality food, ...
STEVE EASTERBROOK Take the crocodile, for example, my favorite animal. There are 23 species. Seventeen of those specie...
STEVE IRWIN There's a waterfall of content that you're missing out on.
STEVE CHEN The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
STEVE COOGAN Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk....
STEVE IRWIN The first crocodile I ever caught was at nine years of age, and it was a rescue.
STEVE IRWIN So fear helps me from making mistakes, but I make lot of mistakes.
STEVE IRWIN No, snakes are no problem. I'd go to any country, anywhere, any snakes, not a problem.
STEVE IRWIN I believe sustainable use is the greatest propaganda in wildlife conservation at the moment.
STEVE IRWIN I sincerely believe that there's room for cutting down trees for forestry and grazing, so as we ...
STEVE IRWIN That might have a lot to do with it, but you know, I probably don't show fear, but I suffer from...
STEVE IRWIN We've evolved from sitting back on our tripods and shooting wildlife films like they have been s...
STEVE IRWIN Every cent we earn from Crocodile Hunter goes straight back into conservation. Every single cent.
STEVE IRWIN The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm get...
STEVE IRWIN When I talk to the camera, mate, it's not like I'm talking to the camera, I'm talking to...
STEVE IRWIN No matter where you go and what you do in America, you turn the tele on and you're confronted wi...
STEVE IRWIN I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet...
STEVE IRWIN Crikey means gee whiz, wow!
STEVE IRWIN Yeah, I'm a thrill seeker, but crikey, education's the most important thing.
STEVE IRWIN Where I live if someone gives you a hug it's from the heart.
STEVE IRWIN