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
Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp.
The cuckoo who is on to himself is halfway out of the clock.
He's the only man I ever knew who had rubber pockets so he could steal soup.
You're a mouse studying to be a rat.
A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.
Faith is a wonderful thing, but doubt gets you an education.
I want a priest, a rabbi and a Protestant minister. I want to hedge my bets.
Most hard-boiled people are half-baked.
I never saw a mob rush across town to do a good deed.
Failure has gone to his head.
He's a trellis for varicose veins.
I've had ample contact with lawyers, and I'm convinced that the only fortune they ever leave is their own.
Hollywood is a sewer with service from the Ritz Carlton.