Oscar Levant quotes - page 3

I think a lot of Bernstein - but not as much as he does. (Oscar Levant)
It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. View quote
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John O'Hara was a terrible bore as a young man-always looking for a fight, and making sure he never found one. View quote
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[Ira Gershwin] said that [P.G.] Wodehouse will address a letter, stamp it and throw it out of his third-story window onto the street trusting in the good nature of passerby to pick it up and mail it. View quote
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It's not what your are, it's what you don't become that hurts. View quote
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A pun is the lowest form of humor - when you don't think of it first. View quote
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Once he makes up his mind, he's full of indecision. On Dwight D. Eisenhower. View quote
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I was fond of Oscar, but there was something about our twin natures which made us exchange insults. I told him that I wanted to make a date with him every day so that I would know where he was and could avoid the place. View quote
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It is not always possible to predict the response of a doting Jewish mother. Witness the occasion on which the late piano virtuoso Oscar Levant telephoned his mother with some important news. He had proposed to his beloved and been accepted. Replied Mother Levant: "Good, Oscar, I'm happy to hear it. But did you practice today?”. View quote
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