George Jean Nathan

An optimist is...

An optimist is...

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

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To speak of...

To speak of...

To speak of morals in art is to speak of legislature in sex. Art is the sex of the...

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The test of...

The test of...

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth.

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It is also...

It is also...

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes...

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Criticism is the...

Criticism is the...

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise...

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He writes his...

He writes his...

He writes his plays for the ages -- the ages between five and twelve.

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No man can...

No man can...

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

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Great art is...

Great art is...

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

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It is only...

It is only...

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid.

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The path of...

The path of...

The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.

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A man admires...

A man admires...

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

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Great art is...

Great art is...

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

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Patriotism is often...

Patriotism is often...

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

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Hollywood is ten...

Hollywood is ten...

Hollywood is ten million dollars worth of intricate and high ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin...

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So long as...

So long as...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the...

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Love demands infinitely...

Love demands infinitely...

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

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I only drink...

I only drink...

I only drink to make other people seem more interesting.

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Musicals are to...

Musicals are to...

Musicals are to the theater what wines are to a substantial dinner.

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Women, as they...

Women, as they...

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of...

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A life spent...

A life spent...

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as...

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