Oscar Levant Quotes

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

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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It's an advantage having a limited output. When George Gershwin is asked to play his repertoire, he plays all evening. I just play "Lady Play Your Mandolin" and I'm through.

If George is around, it will.

He writes the kind of music you whistle on the way into the theater.

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

The difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is that the Democrats let the poor be corrupt, too.

Ballet is the fairies' baseball.

Zsa Zsa Gabor not only worships at The Golden Calf, she insists on barbecuing it for lunch.

I heartily approve of her campaign to beautify America. It would be greatly improved if the First Family were kept out of sight.

An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

I once said cynically of a politician, "He'll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it."

My last picture for Warners was Romance on the High Seas. It was Doris Day's first picture; that was before she became a virgin.

Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you will find the real tinsel underneath.

There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.

I don't drink liquor. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.