Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Wilson Mizner Playwright

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: May 19, 1876
  • Died: Apr 3, 1933

Wilson Mizner was 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.

Art is science made clear. art & science

Failure has gone to his head. failure

The most efficient water power in the world - women's tears. power & women

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

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

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

God help those who do not help themselves. God

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

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

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

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

Motherhood: All love begins and ends there. 22 quotes from Robert Browning

22 quotes from Robert Browning

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

53 quotes from Honore de Balzac

With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood. 5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

5 quotes from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 views from Henry Ward Beecher

58 views from Henry Ward Beecher