Oscar Levant
14 quotations
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you will find the real tinsel underneath.
Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.
Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. [On Dwight D. Eisenhower]
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts.
I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.
Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
I once said cynically of a politician, Hell double-cross that bridge when he comes to it.