Quotes by Oscar Levant

An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
– Oscar Levant
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
– Oscar Levant
I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
– 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 knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
– Oscar Levant
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
– Oscar Levant
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
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
– Oscar Levant
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
– Oscar Levant
There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
– Oscar Levant
There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
– Oscar Levant
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
– Oscar Levant
A dollar saved is a quarter earned.
– Oscar Levant
I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.
– Oscar Levant
I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'
– Oscar Levant
I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.
– Oscar Levant
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
Happiness isn't something you experience it's something you remember.
– Oscar Levant