Quotes by Wilson Mizner

About Wilson Mizner:

Wilson Mizner was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912. He was manager and co-owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and was affiliated with his brother, Addison Mizner, in a series of scams and picaresque misadventures that inspired Stephen Sondheim's musical Road Show (alternately known as Wise Guys, Gold! and Bounce).
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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.

Wilson Mizner

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

Wilson Mizner

Art is science made clear.

Wilson Mizner
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Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Wilson Mizner

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

Wilson Mizner

Failure has gone to his head.

Wilson Mizner

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

Wilson Mizner

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

Wilson Mizner

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.

Wilson Mizner

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Wilson Mizner

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Wilson Mizner

Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.

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Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.

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The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.

Wilson Mizner

If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.

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Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

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A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

Wilson Mizner

To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.

Wilson Mizner

The first hundred years are the hardest.

Wilson Mizner

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

Wilson Mizner

Author Bio

  • NameWilson Mizner
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornMay 19, 1876
  • DiedApril 3, 1933
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Author