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Wilson Mizner Quotes
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Famous Wilson Mizner Quotations
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Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876, Benicia, California - April 3, 1933, Los Angeles, California) 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 Road Show
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- A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions. Wilson Mizner »
- A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. Wilson Mizner »
- Always be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet the same people on the way down. Wilson Mizner »
- God help those who do not help themselves. Wilson Mizner »
- I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. Wilson Mizner »
- Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest. Wilson Mizner »
- Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen 'Hey, you' Wilson Mizner »
- The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away. Wilson Mizner »
- The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep. Wilson Mizner »
- The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong. Wilson Mizner »
- Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up. Wilson Mizner »
- To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady. Wilson Mizner »
- When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism but when you take it from many writers, it's research. Wilson Mizner »
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