Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Character
Once I make up my mind, I’m full of indecision.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Decisions, Indecision
I am no more humble than my talents require.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Talent, Humility
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Desire, Loneliness
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you will find the real tinsel underneath.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Hollywood
She has the answer to everything and the solution to nothing.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Insults
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Pride, Courage
An epigram is only a wisecrack that’s played at Carnegie Hall.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Proverbial Wisdom
I once said cynically of a politician, He’ll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it.
—Oscar Levant
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Pride
I don’t drink; I don’t like it—it makes me feel good.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Drunkenness
It’s not what you are; it’s what you don’t become that hurts.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Regret
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
—Oscar Levant
Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
—Oscar Levant
I envy people who drink – at least they know what to blame everything on.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Blame, Envy, Drinking
Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember.
—Oscar Levant
Roses are red, violets are blue, I’m schizophrenic, and so am I.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Psychiatry
I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Selfishness
There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
—Oscar Levant
Topics: Sanity, Genius, Insanity
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.
—Oscar Levant
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Vladimir Horowitz Russian-born American Pianist
- Arthur Rubinstein American Pianist
- Stephen Sondheim American Musician
- Sammy Davis, Jr. American Singer
- Barbra Streisand American Musician
- Elvis Presley American Musician
- Mel Brooks American Film Actor
- Louis Armstrong American Jazz Musician
- Tupac Shakur American Rapper, Actor
- Danny Kaye American Actor
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