What did Steven Wright mean by: I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in only ten minutes. Steven Wright Comedian · USA Copy
My friend has a baby. I’m recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Communication, Friendship, Parenthood, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
I told her I knew when I was going to die because my birth certificate had an expiration date on it. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Certainty, Humor, Mortality, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
Support bacteria – they’re the only culture some people have. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Critique, Humor, Society, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Friendship, Humor, Unity, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
They say the universe is expanding. That should help with the traffic. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Humor, Perspective, Universe, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
One day a guy tried to rob me on the street, and I had no money. So I charged him. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Confrontation, Survival, Violence, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
I forgot and left the lighthouse on all night. Next day the sun wouldn’t rise. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Consequences, Darkness, Forgetfulness, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
To me, comedy is just twisting reality. It’s commenting or observing or twisting life. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Commentary, Humor, Observation, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There art two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and Laziness. Read explanation Franz Kafka Writer · Czechia
I never have wit until I am below stairs. [Fr., Je n’ai jamais d’esprit qu’au bas de l’escalier.] Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France