George Jean Nathan Quotes

No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched.

George Jean Nathan

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.

George Jean Nathan

Love demands infinitely less than friendship.

George Jean Nathan

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

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

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

George Jean Nathan

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

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

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

George Jean Nathan