Wilson Mizner Quotes

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

Nice, Down, Meet

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

Yourself, Done, Talk

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
Wilson Mizner

Nothing, Getting, Sure

God help those who do not help themselves.
Wilson Mizner

God, Help, Themselves

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

Best, Give, Friends

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

Research, Plagiarism, Steal

Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.
Wilson Mizner

A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
Wilson Mizner

Him, Ambition, Fortune

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.
Wilson Mizner

Makes, Restless, Closet

I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
Wilson Mizner

Rather, Guy, Mile

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

Women, Power, Water

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.
Wilson Mizner

Hate, Careless, Efforts

Art is science made clear.
Wilson Mizner

Art, Science, Clear

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

Born, Bed, Lady

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

Fool, Fellow, Declaring

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

Good, After, While

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

Good, Wisdom, Give

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

Faith, Education, Respect

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
Wilson Mizner

Judge, Fellow, Laughs

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.
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Battle, Talent, Existence

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

Life, Tough, Hardest

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

Life, Him, Almost

The first hundred years are the hardest.
Wilson Mizner

Hardest, Hundred

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
Wilson Mizner

Person, Him, Drama

Failure has gone to his head.
Wilson Mizner

Failure, Head, Gone

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Dramatist

Born: May 19, 1876

Died: April 3, 1933

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