George S. Kaufman Quotes

• God finally caught his eye.

  George S. Kaufman

  Eye, His Eyes, Caught

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• Lawyers-they get together all day and say to each other, "What can we postpone next?" The only thing they don't postpone, of course, is their bill, which arrives regularly. You've heard about the man who got the bill from his lawyer which said, "For crossing the street to speak to you and discovering it was not you, twelve dollars."

  George S. Kaufman

  Men, Together, Bills

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• You've heard of people living in a fool's paradise? Well, Leonora has a duplex there.

  George S. Kaufman

  Home, People, House

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• I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.

  George S. Kaufman

  Funny, Humorous, Food

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• There was laughter in the back of the theater, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.

  George S. Kaufman

  Art, Laughter, Entertainment

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• Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch.

  George S. Kaufman

  Lunch, Office, Office Hours

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• At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.

  George S. Kaufman

  Rehearsal, Dramatic, Absent

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• You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!

  George S. Kaufman

  Christmas, Business, Books And Movies

  "Fictional character: Fiorello". "A Night at the Opera", 1935.

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• The kind of doctor I want is one who when he's not examining me is home studying medicine.

  George S. Kaufman

  Home, Doctors, Medicine

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• I've never had any complaints yet!

  George S. Kaufman

  Sex, Seduction, Complaints

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• Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

  George S. Kaufman

  Night, Satire, Saturday Night

  "The House of Blue Leaves: Review" by David Rooney, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 25, 2011.

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• When I was born I owed twelve dollars.

  George S. Kaufman

  Twelve, Dollars, Birth

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