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
There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.
He's the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup.
A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
I never saw a mob rush across town to do a good deed.
He's a trellis for varicose veins.
Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.
The only time that most women give their orating husbands undivided attention is when the old boys mumble in their sleep.
Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen Hey, you
Women can instantly see through each other, and it's surprising how little they observe that's pleasant.
A good party is where you enjoy good people, and they taste even better with Champagne.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
Easy street is a blind alley.