Demetri Martin Quotes

494 quotes · Comedian, Actor

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Demetri Martin Quotes

All Funny Creative Love Nostalgic Hopeful 494 quotes · page 25 of 42

Comedian, Actor

Funny

“Laborers want their kids to be merchants or business people. Business people want their kids to be professionals. Professionals want their kids to be academics, professors. Academics want their kids to be artists. And artists don't care if their kids are laborers or not. They can be anything.”

People Kids Artist

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Demetri Martin

Comedian, Actor

Funny

“I went whale watching once. It was very similar to watching people on a boat become disappointed.”

People Boat Whales

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Motivated

“I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.”

Fun Acting

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Funny

“How to be a bouncer: be an asshole; stand near a door.”

Doors

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Wise

“I've learned something on the road, traveling around: state shapes. The easier it is to draw the shape of the state, the harder it is to live in that state. So, if you live in a regular polygon, get the hell outta there. You gotta move to a squiggly area. Culture's attracted to squiggles.”

Moving Culture Shapes

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Funny

“Whenever I investigate a smell, I find that the answer is always bad. It's never: 'What is that? *sniff* muffins!'”

Funny Answers Smell

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Funny

“A mobile home with a flat tire is a home.”

Home Tire

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Funny

“I think a lot of stuff I find funny is from day dreaming.”

Thinking Dream

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Creative

“I just listen to so much music that I like the role music can play in scoring something. I'm not doing song parodies or funny songs, I'm just adding some music to my words. So it's limited and specific, but as a performer I find it pretty enjoyable.”

Play Song Roles

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Spiritual

“I'm a producer on my show, which is great, but it's also kind of a mixed blessing because there's so much responsibility. Everything is a decision. You have to worry about the money, you have to worry about daylight, who we're going to cast and if this location doesn't work out, what are we going to do?”

Responsibility Blessing Work Out

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Funny

“Clowns have no respect for pie.”

Pie Clown

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Love

“There are very few songs about just liking someone as a friend.”

Song Liking Someone

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