Quotes by Oscar Levant

• There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
• Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
• Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision.
• Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
• Schizophrenia beats dining alone.
• So little time and so little to do.
• Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.
• I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.
• There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side.
• I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.
• Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
• The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
• I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
• What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
• I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
• I am no more humble than my talents require.
• I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
• I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
• I don't drink. I don't like it. It makes me feel good.
• I can remember Doris Day before she was a virgin.
• Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
• Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
• A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.
• I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does.
• Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.