OK, so what’s the speed of dark?

—Steven Wright

About Steven Wright

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Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film producer. He is known 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.

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I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.

—Steven Wright

You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading.. And all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.

—Steven Wright

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

—Steven Wright

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If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer?

—Steven Wright

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It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it.

—Steven Wright

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More quotations tagged with “light”

When I was a little kid, I was really scared of the dark. But then I came to understand, dark just means the absence of photons in the visible wavelength 400 to 700 nanometers. Then I thought, well it's really silly to be afraid of a lack of photons. Then I wasn't afraid of the dark anymore after that.

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It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.

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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

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Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

—Anton Chekhov

Shadows cannot see themselves in the mirror of the sun.

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History

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