George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathan
George Jean Nathanwas an American drama critic and editor. He worked closely with H.L. Mencken, bringing the literary magazine The Smart Set to prominence as an editor, and co-founding and editing The American Mercury and The American Spectator...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth14 February 1882
CountryUnited States of America
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I know many married men, I even know a few happily married men, but I don't know one who wouldn't fall down the first open coal hole running after the first pretty girl who gave him a wink.
marriage wedding jobs
Marriage is based on the theory that when a man discovers a brand of beer exactly to his taste, he should at once throw up his job and go to work inthe brewery.
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I drink so the others become interesting.
goes-on literature now-and-then
It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
men intuition instinct
What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.
women humor cosmetics
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.
wise men idiot
Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry.
men admire
A man admires a woman not for what she says, but what she listens to.
funny dog love-is
Love is the emotion that a woman feels always for a poodle dog and sometimes for a man.
women wife firsts
A man's wife is his compromise with the illusion of his first sweetheart.
real patriotic political
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
tired men encounters
Whenever a man encounters a woman in a mood he doesn't understand, he wants to know if she's tired.
art criticism literature
Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.
actors literature holes
An actor without a playwright is like a hole without a doughnut.