In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.
Oscar LevantRead
Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I.
Interpretation
This quote humorously reflects on the experience of schizophrenia using a playful rhyme.
Oscar Levant's quote plays with the structure of a classic rhyme to convey the complexity of mental health, specifically schizophrenia. By declaring that he is both 'schizophrenic' and 'so am I', it highlights the duality of mental states and the often misunderstood nature of such conditions, all while maintaining a lighthearted approach that invites laughter rather than pity.
In practice
Sharing at a mental health awareness event to lighten the mood.
In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great.
When I appeared before the draft board examiner during World War II, he asked me if I thought I could kill. "I don't know about strangers," I replied, "but friends, certainly."
I have no trouble with y enemies. But my god damn friends... they are the ones that keep me walking the floors at night.
I'm a study of a man in chaos in search of frenzy.
I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
I think when I was young, let's call it high school, and even before that, I just loved comedy, and I loved comedians. I grew up watching Laurel and Hardy. That's really a long time ago. I loved Jerry Lewis. I just loved comedians.
If you'd given me the choice of going out and beating four men and smashing a goal in from thirty yards against Liverpool or going to bed with Miss World, it would have been a difficult choice. Luckily, I had both.
Let muggles manage without us!
Black moleskin gloves covered his hands; the right because it was burned, the left because a man felt half a fool wearing only one glove.
It was great to be the rock comic, the shock comic. But after you've played Giants Stadium with Bon Jovi in front of 82,000 people, after you've done the 'Wild Thing' video with Jessica Hahn and every rock band from hell, you're not gonna top that.
People come back from flights and tell you a story like it's a horror story. That's how bad they make it sound. They're like, 'It was the worst day of my life. We didn't board for 20 minutes and they made us sit there on the runway for 40 minutes.' Oh really? What happened next? Did you fly in the air, incredibly, like a bird? Did you partake in the miracle of human flight you non-contributing zero?'
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