Oscar Levant1906–1972The quotations of
Oscar Levant
American comedian, composer, pianist and actor
1906–1972
7 quotes, most often on Clever Jabs and Comedy.
The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.
Often credited to Dorothy ParkerThere is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
I once said cynically of a politician, ‘He’ll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.’
The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965), p. 13It would have been better if you had died and Gershwin had written the elegy.
On a friend’s elegy for Gershwin; recounted in The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965)Tell me, George, if you had it to do all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?
To George Gershwin; recounted in A Smattering of Ignorance (1940)When I used to speak of the lunatic fringe, I didn’t know I was going to be head of it.
The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965)- The Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965)
