82 Quotes by George Jean Nathan

Common sense, in so far as it exists, is all for the bourgeoisie. Nonsense is the privilege of the aristocracy. The worries of the world are for the common people.

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.

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.

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.

Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to know if she's tired.

A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.

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

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

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.