Steve Martin Quotes

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

Steve Martin

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ThinkNothingOutPrettyStarted

Far From Home was also my idea from a magazine I'd seen.

Jim Capaldi

HomeSeenMagazineIdeaFarAlso

My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery.

John Cleveland

MeTearsWavesKnowRunWill

I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match.

Mia Hamm

SportsLightMomentFireI AmTrain

Possible ideas and thoughts are vast in number. A distinct word for every distinct idea and thought would require a vast vocabulary. The problem in language is to express many ideas and thoughts with comparatively few words.

John Wesley Powell

WordsIdeasThoughtsThoughtProblem

We didn't know if the rover could climb up or down the hills of the crater.

Steven Squyres

ClimbDownKnowUpHillsRover

Do I make mistakes? Yeah.

Tom Cruise

MistakesMakeYeah

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

Joseph Wambaugh

TimeBookWriteNonfictionGetSued

I was born in Sarnia, Ontario; a small town, it's where oil was pretty much discovered in North America.

Chris Hadfield

SmallAmericaSmall TownBornOil

I do write about race a lot, but I don't think writers - of any shade or background or whatever - have to write about certain subjects.

Colson Whitehead

ThinkRaceWriteWhateverShadeAny

Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.

Conrad Black

WealthNeverChiefThing

Governor Romney has a great business background. He is extremely well educated. He has several degrees from Harvard, including, you know, business and including a law degree.

Clint Eastwood

BusinessGreatLawYouKnowDegree

When Jack Welch was the CEO of General Electric, he was able to produce record growth year after year by using a few simple principles relentlessly. The system of management he used was called differentiation.

Clay Clark

GrowthSimpleManagementYearSystem

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