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Oscar Levant quotes: Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher, Arthur Miller can eat her.

Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher, Arthur Miller can eat her.

Oscar Levant quotes: Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: It's not what you are, it's what you don't become that hurts.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: Talent's like a baby. Wrap it up in wool and it goes to sleep.

Talent's like a baby. Wrap it up in wool and it goes to sleep.

Oscar Levant quotes: I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.

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

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

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I don't like to play the piano. It makes me too attractive.

I don't like to play the piano. It makes me too attractive.

Oscar Levant quotes: I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

Oscar Levant quotes: There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.

When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.

Oscar Levant quotes: I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I am no more humble than my talents require.

I am no more humble than my talents require.

Oscar Levant quotes: Self-pity - it's the only pity that counts.

Self-pity - it's the only pity that counts.

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

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I never watch the Dinah Shore show- I'm a diabetic.

I never watch the Dinah Shore show- I'm a diabetic.

Oscar Levant quotes: I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.

I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.

Oscar Levant quotes: You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. (Oscar trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket)

You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. (Oscar trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket)

Oscar Levant quotes: Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate.

Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate.

Oscar Levant quotes: I played an unsympathetic part myself.

I played an unsympathetic part
myself.

Oscar Levant quotes: I'm controversial. My friends either dislike me or hate me

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends ... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.

I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends ... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.

Oscar Levant quotes: I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.

I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.

Oscar Levant quotes: I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: Happiness isn't something you experience, it's something you remember.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: Debbie Reynolds is as wistful as an iron foundry.

Debbie Reynolds is as wistful as an iron foundry.

Oscar Levant quotes: George, if you had to do it all over, would you fall in love with yourself again?

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

Oscar Levant quotes: Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.

Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.

Oscar Levant quotes: Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

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

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

Oscar Levant quotes: An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I could never have a mistress, because I couldn't bear to tell the story of my life all over again.

I could never have a mistress, because I couldn't bear to tell the story of my life all over again.

Oscar Levant quotes: A pun is the lowest form of humor - when you don't think of it first.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I'm a self-made man. Who else would help?

I'm a self-made man. Who else would help?

Oscar Levant quotes: A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.

A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.

Oscar Levant quotes: There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.

Oscar Levant quotes: 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.

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.

Oscar Levant quotes: Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower

Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. - On Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oscar Levant quotes: I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.

I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.

Oscar Levant quotes: Ballet is the fairies baseball.

Ballet is the fairies baseball.

Oscar Levant quotes: [Madame Nhu was] the Sandra Dee of South Vietnam. If I were cast on a desert island with her, I would quickly make friends with the natives.

[Madame Nhu was] the Sandra Dee of South Vietnam. If I were cast on a desert island with her, I would quickly make friends with the natives.

Oscar Levant quotes: Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

Oscar Levant quotes: It'd be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.

It'd be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.

Oscar Levant quotes: Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: So little time and so little to do.

So little time and so little to do.

Oscar Levant quotes: First I brush my teeth and then I sharpen my tongue.

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

Oscar Levant quotes: I never read bad reviews about myself, because my friends invariably tell me about them.

I never read bad reviews about myself, because my friends invariably tell me about them.

Oscar Levant quotes: I'm a concert pianist, that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment.

I'm a concert pianist, that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment.

Oscar Levant quotes: When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.

When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.