An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall. Oscar Levant More Quotes by Oscar Levant More Quotes From Oscar Levant Marriage is a triumph of habit over hate. Oscar Levant triumphhabithate I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away. Oscar Levant nameswittyfunny Harpo, she's a lovely person. She deserves a good husband. Marry her before she finds one. Oscar Levant lovelyhusbandpersons [Madame Nhu was] the Sandra Dee of South Vietnam. If I were cast on a desert island with her, I would quickly make friends with the natives. Oscar Levant desertgovernmentislands I'm a self-made man. Who else would help? Oscar Levant selfhelpingmen I played an unsympathetic part -- myself. Oscar Levant unsympathetic When I can't sleep, I read a book by Steve Allen. Oscar Levant i-cansleepbook 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." Oscar Levant friendsboardswar Self-pity - it's the only pity that counts. Oscar Levant self-pitypityself I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on. Oscar Levant I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy...once I make up my mind, I'm full or indecision. Oscar Levant Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel. Oscar Levant I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself. Oscar Levant I have no trouble with my enemies. But my goddam friends,...they are the ones that keep me walking the floor nights. Oscar Levant I knew her before she was a virgin. Oscar Levant I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.' Oscar Levant Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you will find the real tinsel underneath. Oscar Levant The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue. Oscar Levant The first time I met and embraced Judy Garland, it made pharmaceutical history. Oscar Levant When you give up drinking, you have to deal with that wonderful personality that started you drinking in the first place. Oscar Levant
