“The great problems of the world - social, political, economic and theological - do not concern me in the slightest...If all the Armenians were to be killed tomorrow and if half of Russia were to starve to death the day after, it would not matter to me in the least. What concerns me alone is myself and the interests of a few close friends.”
“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
“Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few.”
George Jean Nathan
“The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism.”
George Jean Nathan
“Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible a plea as baseball in Italian.”
George Jean Nathan
“One does not go to the theater to see life and nature; one goes to see the particular way in which life and nature happen to look to a cultivated, imaginative and entertaining man who happens, in turn...”
George Jean Nathan