Wilson Mizner quotes

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Failure has gone to his head.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

Art is science made clear.

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

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.

Art is science made clear.

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

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.

The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.