Oscar Levant Quotes

• Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
• There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
• Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.
• So little time and so little to do.
• I once said cynically of a politician: 'He'll double cross that bridge when he comes to it.'
• There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
• I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.
• Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
• Every time I look at you, I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
• I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.
• When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.
• The nickname "Tinsel Town" was coined by Oscar Levant, the pianist, composer who observed: "Strip the phoney tinsel off Hollywood, and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
• I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away.

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