George Jean Nathan

Found 9 thoughts of George Jean Nathan

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

George Jean Nathan

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.

George Jean Nathan

I drink to make other people interesting.

George Jean Nathan

I only drink to make other people seem more interesting.

George Jean Nathan

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

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

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

George Jean Nathan

Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

George Jean Nathan

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

George Jean Nathan