Quotes by Levant, Oscar

"Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember."

Levant, Oscar on happiness   

"Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you will find the real tinsel underneath."

Levant, Oscar on hollywood   

"Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision."

Levant, Oscar on indecision
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"Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. [On Dwight D. Eisenhower]"

Levant, Oscar on indecision   

"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line."

Levant, Oscar on insanity
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"An epigram is only a wisecrack that's played at Carnegie Hall."

Levant, Oscar on aphorisms and epigrams   

"Every time I look at you I get a fierce desire to be lonesome."

Levant, Oscar on loneliness
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"What the world needs is more geniuses with humility, there are so few of us left."

Levant, Oscar on pride
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"There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side."

Levant, Oscar on pride   

"Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I."

Levant, Oscar on psychiatry
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"It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts."

Levant, Oscar on regret
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"I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself."

Levant, Oscar on selfishness
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"Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character."

Levant, Oscar on character   

"I once said cynically of a politician, Hell double-cross that bridge when he comes to it. "

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