Philosophy Quote by Steve Martin — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”

“I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper.”

“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”

“I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of socks. Got a fur sink. An electric dog polisher. A gasoline powered turtleneck sweater. And, of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.”

“she is nearing forty and not so easily forgiven as when her skin bloomed like roses.”

“Boy, those French! They have a different word for everything.”

“If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.”

“I tried to think the same thought in as many different religions as possible, so the thought itself wouldn't be limited by any particular way of reasoning, the way words restrict -- the whole eskimo-seventeen-words-for-snow idea.”

“Civilize The Mind, But Make Savage The Body.”

“The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.”

“There is a terrible beauty to isolation. You don’t have to accept responsibility for others, or live up to their expectations. You could dip your toe into humanity’s maelstrom from time to time, or sit on the river bank and observe.”

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