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
Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.
I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.
Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.
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
A good party is where you enjoy good people, and they taste even better with Champagne.
Over in Hollywood they almost made a great picture, but they caught it in time.