Wilson Mizner
Wilson Mizner
Wilson Miznerwas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDramatist
Date of Birth19 May 1876
CountryUnited States of America
I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
A trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
Many a live wire would be a dead one except for his connections
I have known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, but never had a thought.
God sends our relatives, but we can choose our friends.
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.
I'd rater know a square guy than own a square mile
The first dawn of smartness is to stop trying things you don't know anything about - especially if they run to anything over a dollar
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but, after a while, knows something
A good listener is not only popular everywhere but, after a while he knows something
I want a priest, a rabbi and a Protestant minister. I want to hedge my bets.
The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.