Oscar Levant
Oscar Levant
Oscar Levantwas an American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor. He was as famous for his mordant character and witticisms, on the radio and in movies and television, as for his music...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth27 December 1906
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
dori virgins virginity
I knew Doris Day before she was a virgin.
said psychiatrist
My psychiatrist once said to me, 'Maybe life isn't for everyone'.
way moments pretentious
I'm a concert pianist, that's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment.
wise carnegie halls
An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall.
friends war world
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."
mistress stories bears
I could never have a mistress, because I couldn't bear to tell the story of my life all over again.
damn floors god trouble
I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.
phony
Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.
people
I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.
given mind
I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.
eisenhower
Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.