Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Wilson Mizner
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American dramatist Wilson Mizner.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.
It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.
Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.
I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
You sparkle with larceny.
The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
Failure has gone to his head.
Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.
I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
The cuckoo who is on to himself is halfway out of the clock.
Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.
The first hundred years are the hardest.
There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.
Art is science made clear.
I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'
A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.
I had never considered marriage, but I had an open mind, and I was to learn after a brief try at it that most open minds should be closed for repairs.
You're a mouse studying to be a rat.
Gambling: A sure way to get nothing from something.
It is criminal negligence to leave suckers lying around to tempt honest men.
Easy street is a blind alley.
Some of the greatest love affairs I've known have involved one actor-unassisted.
I want a priest, a rabbi and a Protestant minister. I want to hedge my bets.
The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.
It's getting so people no longer count the silverware when I come to dinner.
Anybody who can write home for money can write for magazines.
He's the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup.
He's a trellis for varicose veins.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
I never saw a mob rush across town to do a good deed.
A good party is where you enjoy good people, and they taste even better with Champagne.
I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book.
God help those who do not help themselves.
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.
Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen Hey, you
Women can instantly see through each other, and it's surprising how little they observe that's pleasant.
A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.
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