Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness. - George Jean Nathan
A poet, any real poet, is simply an alchemist who transmutes his cynicism regarding human beings into an optimism regarding the moon, the stars, the heavens, and the flowers, to say nothing of the spring, love, and dogs. - George Jean Nathan
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles. - George Jean Nathan
Politics is the pursuit of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. - George Jean Nathan
I drink to make other people seem more interesting. - George Jean Nathan
Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man. - George Jean Nathan
Love is an emotion experienced by the many and enjoyed by the few. - George Jean Nathan
Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. - George Jean Nathan
Marriage is based on the theory that when man discovers a brand of beer exactly to his taste he should at once throw up his job and go work in the brewery. - George Jean Nathan
I only drink to make other people seem interesting. - George Jean Nathan