Quotes by Wilson Mizner

“Irritability is immaturity of character. If you are subject to being cross and unpleasant with others for no apparent reason, you need to come face-to-face with the fact that you are thinking too much of yourself. After all, your feelings are not the most important things in this world.”

“The worst-tempered people Ive ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.”

I respect faith but doubt is what gets you an education.

A fellow who is always declaring hes no fool usually has his suspicions.

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

The cuckoo who is on to himself is halfway out of the clock.

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

God help those who do not help themselves.

Ive had several years in Hollywood and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

Be nice to people on your way up because youll meet them on your way down.

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

The most efficient water power in the world - womens tears.

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

Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

Dont talk about yourself it will be done when you leave.

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

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

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

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.