The best Quotes by Wilson Mizner

The best Quotes by Wilson Mizner

Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876 – April 3, 1933) was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best-known plays are The Deep Purple, produced in 1910, and The Greyhound, produced in 1912.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
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It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.
Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
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I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.
I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.
The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away.
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Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.

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That's L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing.
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Welcome to a city where people trying to disappear aren't actually trying.
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I lived in L.A. for a few months. It seemed like no one there had parents. Or if they did have parents, they would deny it.
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Linda: "Why did you decide to come to Los Angeles?"
Lucifer: "The same reason as everyone else: the weather, p*rnstars, Mexican food."
Lucifer Morningstar in Lucifer - Season 1 Episode 3
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People here in Los Angeles are disgusted now about a sex scandal involving Arnold Schwarzenegger. Apparently for seven years, he carried on a sexual relationship with his own wife.
Los Angeles was the kind of place where everybody was from somewhere else and nobody really droppped anchor.
Michael Connelly in The Lincoln Lawyer - The Brass Verdict
The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.
You're lucky we're not in Los Angeles, because Angelinos can smell BS a mile away.
Melinda Monroe in Virgin River - Season 1 Episode 1
I'm from the Compton slums, and that's how the West ride
I'm from the city where two of the best died
The Game - The City, Album: The R.E.D. Album
I moved to Los Angeles for two reasons. One is to run away from a boy. Two is to chase a boy.
If I lived in L.A., I'd be schizophrenic after a week.
I'm rich, I'm miserable - I'm pretty average for this town.
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One original thought is worth 1000 meaningless quotes.
Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.
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Every birthday is a gift. Every day is a gift.
Things can always be said later, but things can never be unheard.
In most cases the best advice that can be given is just listening.
To the stars that listen and the dreams that fulfill.
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Sometimes you must hurt in order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain. Because life's greatest lessons are learned through pain.
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The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday. That's guaranteed.
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Death is Peaceful, Life is Harder.
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Philippe: "Tell me Driss, why do you think people are interested in art?"
Driss: "I don't know, it's a business?"
Philippe: "No. That's because it's the only thing one leaves behind."
Driss in Intouchables
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The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed.
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Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.
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Who are you to judge the life I live? I know I'm not perfect -and I don't live to be- but before you start pointing fingers... make sure your hands are clean!
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What other people think of you is none of your business.
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They get in your head. People tell lies about you, and other people believe them. And it gets to the point where the lies might as well be the truth.
Tyler Down in 13 Reasons Why - Season 2 Episode 1
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Giving a child an education is by far one of the most important investments we can make.
It's wrong to think that an educational system could work without conveying values!
A dog is the greatest gift a parent can give a child. OK, a good education, then a dog.
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.
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That's the misery: Stupid people are so confident, the wise ones full of doubt.
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Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.
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My son Jack once said to me, "Dad, do you think people are laughing with you or at you?"
I said, "I don't care as long as they're laughing."
For the soul, laughing is what oxygen is for the lungs.
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I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.
Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.
It's a mystery of human chemistry and I don't understand it, some people, as far as their senses are concerned, just feel like home.
He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?
The world is the board, Heiress. We just have to keep rolling the dice.
When the odds are bad, you change the rules.
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I found that any game can be made interesting if you put some money on it.
One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
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