"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