56+ Oscar Levant Quotes On Jack Paar, Stage And Music

Oscar Levant was an American composer, pianist, author, and actor. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1906 and was known for his wit and his interpretations of the music of George Gershwin. Levant composed film scores and concert works, and was also a regular panelist on the television game show "Information Please". Following is our collection on famous quotes by Oscar Levant on jack paar, stage, love.

Top 10 Oscar Levant Quotes

1. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
2. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
3. Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
4. I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.
5. What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
6. The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
7. Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
8. Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
9. It'd be nice to please everyone but I thought it would be more interesting to have a point of view.
10. It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts.

Oscar Levant Image Quotes

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

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

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on. — Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant Short Quotes

• There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
• When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.
• When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen.
• My psychiatrist once said to me, 'Maybe life isn't for everyone'.
• An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
• I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
• I'm controversial. My friends either dislike me or hate me
• I never read bad reviews about myself, because my friends invariably tell me about them.
• I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
• I don't like to play the piano. It makes me too attractive.

Oscar Levant Quotes About Mind

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

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

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

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

I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself. — Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant Famous Quotes And Sayings

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

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

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on. — Oscar Levant

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

A 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

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

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

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

I once said cynically of a politician, Hell double-cross that bridge when he comes to it. — Oscar Levant

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

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

I played an unsympathetic part -- myself. — Oscar Levant

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

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

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

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

I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.' — Oscar Levant

Ballet is the fairies' baseball. — Oscar Levant

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

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

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

[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

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

Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate. — Oscar Levant

So little time and so little to do. — Oscar Levant

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

Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one. — Oscar Levant

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

Debbie Reynolds is as wistful as an iron foundry. — Oscar Levant

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

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

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

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

When I appeared before the draft board examiner during World War II, he asked me if I thought I could kill. "I don't know about strangers," I replied, "but friends, certainly." — Oscar Levant

Life Lessons by Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant was a talented American composer and pianist who lived a life of great success and great tragedy. He taught us to be humble and to accept our limitations, but also to strive for greatness and to never give up. He also showed us that the pursuit of success can come with a cost, and that it is important to stay true to ourselves and our values.