Quotes By Wilson Mizner
I know of no sentence that can induce such immediate and brazen lying as the one that begins, 'Have you read - .'
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
I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.
Wilson Mizner
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
A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
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
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
Wilson Mizner