Quote by Steven Wright

I was in the supermarket the other day, and I met a lady in the aisle where they keep the generic brands. Her name was 'woman.

I was in the supermarket the other day, and I met a lady in

Summary

This quote highlights a casual encounter between the speaker and a woman they met at a supermarket. Referring to her as 'woman' instead of using her actual name suggests a sense of anonymity or a lack of personal connection. The mention of meeting her in the aisle filled with generic brands adds a touch of mundane realism to the story, emphasizing that this encounter occurred in an ordinary, everyday setting. This short explanation captures the simple nature of the quote and offers a glimpse into an ordinary interaction between two strangers.

Topics

Humor Funny Women

By Steven Wright

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in t

Civilization...is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the thins of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling. Where imponderables, are things of first importance, there is the height of civilization, and, if at the same time, the power of art exists unimpaired, human life has reached a level seldom attained and very seldom surpassed.

Planning without action is futile, action without planning i

Planning without action is futile, action without planning is fatal

It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verb

It is clear that all verbal structures with meaning are verbal imitations of that elusive psychological and physiological process known as thought, a process stumbling through emotional entanglements, sudden irrational convictions, involuntary gleams of insight, rationalized prejudices, and blocks of panic and inertia, finally to reach a completely incommunicable intuition.

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an advers

Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing in the revenues.

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello.

A character I would love to play is Iago, from Othello.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's h

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it's hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon

The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

Benjamin Disraeli

I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongo

I work on words quite separately to music. They're both ongoing, and I don't ever feel like I'm working in a cycle in that respect, because it's every day anyway, no matter what I'm doing. Then I get to a point when I've collected together enough words that seem like they want to be songs rather than poems, or sometimes not.

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all

Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter.

Morihei Ueshiba

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never

I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.

Time Beauty Memory History Emotions Thetimes Emotion Recollection

That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!

That rarest gift to Beauty, Common Sense!

George Meredith