Steven Wright

Steven Wright

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Few American comedians have been quoted as widely as Steven Wright (b. 1955), whose insights reach well beyond their original context. Celebrated for his distinctive lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensical jokes, paraprosdokians, non sequiturs, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations, Steven Wright brought that same intensity to the written and spoken word. Browse 39 quotes by Steven Wright that cover ground from Time, Funny, Car, Pet, and Good. To get a sense of their style, try: "I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out."

“Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.”

— Steven Wright

Time

All Quotes by Steven Wright

“When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'”

— Steven Wright

Good

“I went to a restaurant that serves 'breakfast at any time'. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance.”

— Steven Wright

Time

“I saw a bank that said '24 Hour Banking,' but I don't have that much time.”

— Steven Wright

Time

“If God dropped acid, would he see people?”

— Steven Wright

God

“Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go over to a little baby and say 'What are you doing here? You haven't worked a day in your life!'”

— Steven Wright

Life

“I poured spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.”

— Steven Wright

Pet

“I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.”

— Steven Wright

God

“Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time.”

— Steven Wright

Time

“Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.”

— Steven Wright

Funny

“A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.”

— Steven Wright

Funny

“I went to the bank and asked to borrow a cup of money. They said, 'What for?' I said, 'I'm going to buy some sugar.'”

— Steven Wright

Money

“I play the harmonica. The only way I can play is if I get my car going really fast, and stick it out the window.”

— Steven Wright

Car

“I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.”

— Steven Wright

Funny

“I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.”

— Steven Wright

Poetry

“I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.”

— Steven Wright

Car

“I intend to live forever. So far, so good.”

— Steven Wright

Funny

“I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out.”

— Steven Wright

Car

“My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.”

— Steven Wright

Pet

“For my birthday I got a humidifier and a de-humidifier... I put them in the same room and let them fight it out.”

— Steven Wright

Birthday

“What's another word for Thesaurus?”

— Steven Wright

Funny