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

Quote by George Jean Nathan

Topics: Optimism Quotes

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is...

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

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

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important...

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

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

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man thinks clearly when his fists are clenched.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

I only drink to make other people seem interesting.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.

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

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

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

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

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

So long as there is one pretty girl left on the stage, the professional undertakers...

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in...

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

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

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

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

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did...