Top 15 Oscar Levant Quotes

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.

Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.

What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.

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

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

It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts.

Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.

So little time and so little to do.

I'm controversial. My friends either dislike me or hate me

I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.

In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.