A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
Wilson Mizner
- Life
- 1876-1933
- Occupations
- screenwriter, writer, playwright
- Notable works
- One Way Passage, 20,000 Years in Sing Sing, The Little Giant
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…a trip through a sewer in a glass-bottom boat.
Wilson Mizner
Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.
Wilson Mizner
Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.
Wilson Mizner
Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
Wilson Mizner
Faith is a wonderful thing, but doubt gets you an education.
Wilson Mizner
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
Wilson Mizner
If you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism. If you copy from two, it’s research.
Wilson Mizner
I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.
Wilson Mizner
It’s getting so people no longer count the silverware when I come to dinner.
Wilson Mizner
I’ve known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.
Wilson Mizner
Life’s a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
Wilson Mizner
Stop dying. Am trying to write a comedy.
Wilson Mizner
The gent who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn't been asleep.
Wilson Mizner
The worst tempered people I have ever met were those who knew that they were wrong.
Wilson Mizner
To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.
Wilson Mizner