George Jean Nathan

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

— George Jean Nathan

#criticism #others #own #value

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#citizens #elected #good #good citizens #officials

Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#diversion #eyes #important #men #more

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

#grow #humor #men #more #more and more

An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#doughnut #hole #like #playwright #without

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#did #direction #find #first #foremost

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

— George Jean Nathan

#contradict #goes #i #improve #me

It is only the cynicism that is born of success that is penetrating and valid. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#cynicism #only #penetrating #success #valid

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

#girl #hold #left #long #may

The test of a real comedian is whether you laugh at him before he opens his mouth. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#comedian #him #his #laugh #mouth