“Oprah deserves the best. I am not the best when it comes to divorce. What do I know about divorce? Nothing at that time.” Quote by Suze Orman
“When you're wearing an animal costume and something bad happens, your facial expression doesn't change. The animal is deadpan the whole time. If you're skiing in a gorilla suit and you fall, you just see a gorilla who has no emotion. It's just a stoic gorilla, wildly falling down a hill, out of control.” IfsWholeHappensFallAnimalEmotionExpressionSuitsHillsCostumesFalling DownSkiingStoicFacialGorillasFacial Expression Author:Demetri Martin
“It's weird to make a decision where everyone in your life disapproves, pretty vocally and directly. They said, "You've got one year left. Just do it." I had a full scholarship so I didn't have to pay for it. They asked, "Why don't you just get the degree so you can have it?" And I said, "You don't understand. I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do and now I know. I have the answer and it's dumb to waste any more time."” KnowsTryingYearsSaidWantedLeftDecisionAnswersPayFiguresDegreesWasteDumbMore TimeThey SaidScholarshipJust Do It Author:Demetri Martin
“I think there are so many little hurdles and impediments with stand-up that you'd need to have this insane desire to do it if you didn't have something that clicked right away.” IfsThinkingNeedsLittlesDesireInsaneHurdleImpediments Author:Demetri Martin
“When I was younger, I'd get very empirical with myself. "I have a hypothesis about myself. I'll put myself in a situation, see what happens, then I'll draw a conclusion based on the empirical evidence. Hypothesis: I can play basketball." So I'd try. "Conclusion: I cannot play basketball."” TryingI CanPlayHappensSituationBasketballDrawsEvidenceConclusionHypothesisEmpirical Evidence Author:Demetri Martin
“Conclusions are based in time. We live in time. So any definition of success is bound up with time. With other things you can say, "Can I yo-yo? Can I juggle?" Usually you have a pretty small window in which to get your answer. Stand-up is different. You can't do stand-up for one night and say, "Am I a funny stand-up comedian?" In two months or two years you'll start to realize it.” YearsTwoDifferentNightRealizingAnswersMonthsWindowBoundsDefinitionsConclusionComedianTwo YearsOne NightTwo MonthsDefinition Of SuccessStand Up Comedian Author:Demetri Martin
“If I make my window ten days for stand-up, the conclusion is that I failed and that I'm not good at stand-up. If I make it ten years - if I just wait - the conclusion might be something totally different. I think it's so cool to do things in which you discover the malleability of your own mind.” IfsThinkingYearsMindDifferentMightWaitingTenWindowConclusion Author:Demetri Martin
“I love motor learning because it's very basic and primal. A lot of what I like to learn correlates with the opposite of what gets you laid. I can ride a unicycle and I can juggle. These are unimpressive things to know.” KnowsI CanOppositesMotorPrimalUnicycles Author:Demetri Martin
“In retrospect, everything is finite, but prospectively, there are infinite possibilities. I guess that's what makes life hopeful.” PossibilityInfiniteHopefulFiniteRetrospectInfinite Possibilities Author:Demetri Martin
“I love Buster Keaton and I love physical comedy when it's done in an emotionally understated way. I just like to play it, and I need the attention.” WayNeedsDonePlayAttentionComedyBustersPhysical ComedyUnderstated Author:Demetri Martin
“A policy of expansionism and conquest has no future in the modern world.” WorldModernPolicyConquestModern World Author:Vladimir Putin