George S. Kaufman famous quotes

07-19-2025

God finally caught his eye.
-- George S. Kaufman

#Eye #His Eyes #Caught
I like terra firma; the more firma, the less terra.
-- George S. Kaufman

#Humorous #Air Travel #Airline
You've heard of people living in a fool's paradise? Well, Leonora has a duplex there.
-- George S. Kaufman

#Home #People #House
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
When I was born I owed twelve dollars.
-- George S. Kaufman

#Twelve #Dollars #Birth
At dramatic rehearsals, the only author that's better than an absent one is a dead one.
-- George S. Kaufman

#Rehearsal #Dramatic #Absent
Satire is what closes on Saturday night.
-- George S. Kaufman

#Night #Satire #Saturday Night
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
Office hours are from 12 to 1 with an hour off for lunch.
-- George S. Kaufman

#Lunch #Office #Hours
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
You can't fool me. There ain't no Sanity Clause!
-- George S. Kaufman

#Christmas #Business #Books And Movies
I've never had any complaints yet!
-- George S. Kaufman

#Sex #Seduction #Complaints

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