Steven Wright

United States
Born on 6 Dec 1955
Comedian

I saw a close friend of mine the other day. . . .
He said, 'Stephen, why haven't you called me?'
I said, 'I can't call everyone I want. My new phone has no five on it.'
He said, 'How long have you had it?'
I said, 'I don't know . . . my calendar has no sevens on it.'
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays