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Oscar Levant
American
Composer
About the author
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Genius
#Insanity
Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Mind
#Indecision
Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Mind
#Indecision
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Roses
#Violets
Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
So little time and so little to do.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Time
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Hollywood
I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Books
#Reading
#Mind
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Wrong
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,
American
Composer
#God
#Trouble
#Friends
#Enemies
#Night
#Walking
Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Character
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Poor
#Difference
#Democrats
#Republicans
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Study
#Man
#Chaos
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#World
#Needs
#Humility
I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Day
I am no more humble than my talents require.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Books
#Reading
#Mind
I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#People
#Blame
#Envy
I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Day
Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Experience
#Happiness
Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Hollywood
#Lies
A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Will
#Man
I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
Oscar Levant,
American
Composer
#Time
#Desire