Oscar Levant Quotes

American comedian, composer, pianist and actor (1906-1972)

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Oscar Levant (December 27, 1906 – August 14, 1972) was an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was better known for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, than for his music.

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A pun is the lowest form of humor — when you don't think of it first.

John O'Hara was a terrible bore as a young man—always looking for a fight, and making sure he never found one.

First I brush my teeth and then I sharpen my tongue.

Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?

Apropos of nothing, I asked [Truman] Capote, “Are you for integration?” He said, “Yes, are you for integration?” I said, “I’m for disintegration… personal disintegration.”

I am no more humble than my talents require.

Happiness isn't something you experience, it's something you remember.

I had always resented sleep as an intrusion on my nocturnal self-pity

A symphonic conductor should reconcile himself to the realization that, regardless of his approach or temperament, the eventual result is the same — the orchestra will hate him.