Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Wilson Mizner (American Playwright)

Wilson Mizner (1876–1933) 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.

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Don’t talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Ego, Humility, Egotism

I’ve known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Thought, Thinking, Thoughts

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Battle, Talent

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.
Wilson Mizner

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Gambling, One liners

Copy from one, it’s plagiarism; copy from two, it’s research.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Plagiarism

I want a priest, a rabbi, and a Protestant clergyman. I want to hedge my bets.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Death

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: One liners, Faith, Doubt, Education

Some of the greatest love affairs I’ve known have involved one actor-unassisted.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Acting

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Friendship, Friends and Friendship

A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Critics, Criticism

I’ve spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Audiences

Always be nice to people on the way up; because you’ll meet the same people on the way down.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Kindness

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

A fellow who is always declaring that he’s no fool, usually has his suspicions.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Foolishness, Fools

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

The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn’t been asleep.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Success & Failure, Success

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

I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your effort to believe it.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Compliments

There’s nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Wealth

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Laughter, Judgement

If you steal from one author, it’s plagiarism; if you steal from many, it’s research.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Plagiarism

The worst-tempered people I’ve ever met were people who knew they were wrong.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Anger, People, Temper

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

Life is a tough proposition and the first hundred years are the hardest.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Life and Living

The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.
Wilson Mizner
Topics: Anger

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