Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by George S. Kaufman

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American dramatist George S. Kaufman.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

George Simon Kaufman was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical Of Thee I Sing in 1932, and won again in 1937 for the play You Can't Take It with You. He also won the Tony Award for Best Director in 1951 for the musical Guys and Dolls.

American - Dramatist | November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961

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Epitaph for a dead waiter - God finally caught his eye.

George S. Kaufman

Satire is what closes on Saturday night.

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I understand your new play is full of single entendres.

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

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

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

George S. Kaufman

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

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When I was born I owed twelve dollars.

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When I invite a woman to dinner, I expect her to look at my face. That's the price she has to pay.

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I've never had any complaints yet!

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

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God finally caught his eye.

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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."

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

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

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