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Quotes by Wilson Mizner

  • Money is the only substance which can keep a cold world from nicknaming a citizen 'Hey, you'
  • Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.
  • I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
  • When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism but when you take it from many writers, it's research.
  • The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
  • A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
  • The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
  • The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.
  • To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
  • Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
  • Always be nice to people on the way up because you'll meet the same people on the way down.
  • A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.
  • God help those who do not help themselves.