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
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
I had never considered marriage, but I had an open mind, and I was to learn after a brief try at it that most open minds should be closed for repairs.
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.
I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
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
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.