Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine.
Flip Wilson

Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.
Flip Wilson

Funny is an attitude.
Flip Wilson

Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.
Flip Wilson

I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.
Flip Wilson

I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.
Flip Wilson

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
Flip Wilson

It's later than it's ever been.
Flip Wilson

My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
Flip Wilson

The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
Flip Wilson


The devil made me do it.
Flip Wilson

Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
Flip Wilson

When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
Flip Wilson

You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
Flip Wilson