A Quote by Oscar Levant

Behind the phony tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel.

Oscar Levant

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Behind Hollywood Lies Phony Real Tinsel

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Oscar Levant
American - Composer
December 27, 1906 - August 14, 1972

Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.

Oscar Levant

Tinsel in February, tinsel in August. There are things in a man besides his reason.

Wallace Stevens

I suppose movie theaters are the churches of the modern age, where we gather reverently to worship the tinsel gods of Hollywood.

Michael Dirda

Christmas is not in tinsel and lights and outward show. The secret lies in an inner glow. It's lighting a fire inside the heart. Good will and joy a vital part. It's higher thought and a greater plan. It's glorious dream in the soul of man.

Wilferd Peterson

Tinsel is really snakes' mirrors.

Steven Wright

Popularity - a piece of faded tinsel, that is out of date.

Victor Hugo

The ribbons! The wrappings! The tags! And the tinsel! The trimmings! The trappings!

Dr. Seuss

The thing about working in Hollywood is that, at some point, you really get tired of hearing how godless you are, and how if you and the rest of the heathens in Tinsel town would put more God-centric shows on TV, people wouldn't be abandoning prime time in favor of their Bible study classes.