Oscar Levant Quotes

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

Oscar Levant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 27, 1906 - August 14, 1972

Topics

HollywoodRealBehindPhonyLies

I'm always looking for what there is to see that's weird and wonderful and off the beaten path.

Joanna Going

PathLookingWeirdAlwaysSeeOff

Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

Sri Chinmoy

LoveGodManLove IsWealthOnly

I think an important approach for designers to take is to have a very - not singular but focused point of view.

Stacey Bendet

ThinkViewPoint Of ViewImportant

In software design, it's all about making a guess, trying it, and then learning from the experience.

Stewart Butterfield

LearningExperienceDesignTrying

A lot of dramas get a bad name commercially because they are unremittingly bleak.

Tom Hooper

NameBadBecauseGetBleakLot

I was fortunately always offered jobs because I was so pretty. Women used to complain about it!

Roger Moore

WomenAlwaysComplainPrettyUsed

Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

Rory Bremner

IndependenceComedyDebateMoreRoom

The fashion industry is often charged with having kept its blinders on as one Seventh Avenue company after another lost employees to AIDS. Consumers, it was feared, would shun the racks of designers whose names were associated with the disease. And to stand up against AIDS would, in many minds, confirm the business's stereotypical image.

Michael Shnayerson

BusinessFashionStand UpStandLost

Creative freedom is an imperative for me, but it doesn't really exist in a Hollywood game.

Mira Nair

FreedomCreativeMeGameHollywood

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

Christopher Marlowe

RideKingBraveTriumphThrough

I remember standing in the crow's nest as we entered the misty Panama Canal, and the strange sensation as the 4,000-ton ship rose higher and higher inside the lock.

Christopher Buckley

RoseShipRememberStrangeNest

I'm a complete and utter busker.

Bryan Adams

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