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
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.
All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.
There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.
The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.
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.
The day which we fear as our last is but the bday of eternity. - By SenecaThe first hundred years are the hardest.
If you count all your assets you always show a profit.
Easy street is a blind alley.
Florida was invented for Addison Mizner's little brother.
It's getting so people no longer count the silverware when I come to dinner.