Wilson Mizner quotes and words of wisdom

"Copy from one, it"s plagiarism; copy from two, it"s research."
Found in the topic Author.

"Life is a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest."
Found in the topic Life.

"Always be nice to people on the way up; because you"ll meet the same people on the way down."
Found in the topic Behavior.

"The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn"t been asleep."
Found in the topic False.

"The worst-tempered people I"ve ever met were the people who knew they were wrong."
Found in the topic Work.

"I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it."
Found in the topic Belief.

"Some of the greatest love affairs I"ve known have involved one actor--unassisted."
Found in the topic Acquaintance.

"A fellow who is always declaring he"s no fool usually has his suspicions."
Found in the topic Fool.

"Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something."
Found in the topic Gallant.

"Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it in time."
Found in the topic Movies.

"When you take stuff from one writer it"s plagiarism; but when you take it from many writers, it"s research."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at."
Found in the topic Laugh.

"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something."
Found in the topic Popular.

"The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong."
Found in the topic Wrong.

"Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up."
Found in the topic Death.

"A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant."
Found in the topic Crisis.

"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education."
Found in the topic Doubt.

"The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"I"ve known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought."
Found in the topic Learn.

Interesting Quotes

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.Dame Rose Macaulay - English novelist (1881 - 1958)

Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.Aldous Huxley - English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)