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George Jean Nathan Quotes

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen Picture Quote #1

One does not go to the theater to see life and nature; one goes to see the particular way in which life and nature happen to look to a cultivated, imaginative and entertaining man who happens, in turn, to be a playwright Picture Quote #1

There is something distinguished about even his failures; they sink not trivially, but with a certain air of majesty, like a great ship, its flags flying, full of holes Picture Quote #1

A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other Picture Quote #1

The notion that as a man grows older his illusions leave him is not quite true. What is true is that his early illusions are supplanted by new, and to him, equally convincing illusions Picture Quote #1

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Hollywood is ten million dollars worth of intricate and high ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin on baloney Picture Quote #1

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy Picture Quote #1

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out Picture Quote #1

Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man Picture Quote #1

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater Picture Quote #1

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on Picture Quote #1

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The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth Picture Quote #1

What passes for woman’s intuition is often nothing more than man’s transparency Picture Quote #1

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn’t understand, he wants to know if she’s tired Picture Quote #1

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 ample reward Picture Quote #1

I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don’t know one who wouldn’t fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink Picture Quote #1

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost Picture Quote #1

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Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men Picture Quote #1

Like everybody else, when I don’t know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds Picture Quote #1

The most loyal and faithful woman indulges her imagination in a hypothetical liaison whenever she dons a new street frock for the first time Picture Quote #1

A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed Picture Quote #1

The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done; the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not have done, and which one did not do Picture Quote #1

All that is necessary to raise imbecility into what the mob regards as profundity is to lift it off the floor and put it on a platform Picture Quote #1

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Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul Picture Quote #1

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people Picture Quote #1

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor Picture Quote #1

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Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen (George Jean Nathan Quotes) One does not go to the theater to see life and nature; one goes to see the particular way in which life and nature happen to look to a cultivated, imaginative and entertaining man who happens, in turn, to be a playwright (George Jean Nathan Quotes) There is something distinguished about even his failures; they sink not trivially, but with a certain air of majesty, like a great ship, its flags flying, full of holes (George Jean Nathan Quotes) A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other (George Jean Nathan Quotes) The notion that as a man grows older his illusions leave him is not quite true. What is true is that his early illusions are supplanted by new, and to him, equally convincing illusions (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Marriage is based on the theory that when a man discovers a particular brand of beer exactly to his taste he should at once throw up his job and go to work in the brewery (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Hollywood is ten million dollars worth of intricate and high ingenious machinery functioning elaborately to put skin on baloney (George Jean Nathan Quotes) A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and enkindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy (George Jean Nathan Quotes) An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man (George Jean Nathan Quotes) So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers may hold up their burial of the theater (George Jean Nathan Quotes) It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on (George Jean Nathan Quotes) The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth (George Jean Nathan Quotes) What passes for woman’s intuition is often nothing more than man’s transparency (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn’t understand, he wants to know if she’s tired (George Jean Nathan Quotes) 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 ample reward (George Jean Nathan Quotes) I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don’t know one who wouldn’t fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink (George Jean Nathan Quotes) I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Like everybody else, when I don’t know what else to do, I seem to go in for catching colds (George Jean Nathan Quotes) The most loyal and faithful woman indulges her imagination in a hypothetical liaison whenever she dons a new street frock for the first time (George Jean Nathan Quotes) A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed (George Jean Nathan Quotes) The sweetest memory is that which involves something which one should not have done; the bitterest, that which involves something which one should not have done, and which one did not do (George Jean Nathan Quotes) All that is necessary to raise imbecility into what the mob regards as profundity is to lift it off the floor and put it on a platform (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Great drama is the souvenir of the adventure of a master among the pieces of his own soul (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people (George Jean Nathan Quotes) Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor (George Jean Nathan Quotes)

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