George Jean Nathan

Editor

United States

1882 - 1958

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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
An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.
George Jean Nathan
Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.
George Jean Nathan
Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.
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
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
Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.
George Jean Nathan
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
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.
George Jean Nathan
Love demands infinitely less than friendship.
George Jean Nathan