George Jean Nathan

Criticism is the art of appraising others at one's own value.

An optimist is a fellow who believes a housefly is looking for a way to get out.

Criticism is the windows and chandeliers of art: it illuminates the enveloping darkness in which art might otherwise rest only vaguely discernible, and perhaps altogether unseen.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

If my house was on fire, I can't compromise about which part of the house I'm going to save. You save the whole house or it will all burn down. We either save this country or we do not.