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

"I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients."
— Oscar Levant

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

"Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character."
— Oscar Levant

"Happiness isn't something you experience, it's something you remember."
— Oscar Levant

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

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

"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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— Oscar Levant

" A pun is the lowest form of humor -- when you don't think of it first.
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— Oscar Levant

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

"You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. (Oscar trying to talk his way out of a speeding ticket)"
— Oscar Levant

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

"I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away."
— Oscar Levant

"In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great."
— Oscar Levant

"So little time and so little to do."
— Oscar Levant

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

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