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
hurts
It's not what you are, but what you don't become that hurts
hollywood phony strip
Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you will find the real tinsel underneath.
carnegie gag hall played
An epigrams is a gag that's played Carnegie Hall
funny flower humorous
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
funny humility pride
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us left.
funny humorous party
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
funny sarcastic loneliness
Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome.
arthur kosher
Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher, Arthur Miller can eat her.
funny depressing patient
I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.
funny time work
So little time and so little to do.
watches shore shows
I never watch the Dinah Shore show- I'm a diabetic.
rare-moments impossible odd
In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.
reviews bad-reviews my-friends
I never read bad reviews about myself, because my friends invariably tell me about them.
compassion als young
When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion.