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 have known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, but never had a thought.
Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
God sends our relatives, but we can choose our friends.
A trip through a sewer in a glass-bottomed boat.
Many a live wire would be a dead one except for his connections
The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
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.
Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears.