A biography for Wilson Miznerhasn’t been written yet.
“Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.”
“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.”
“A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.”
“To my embarrassment I was born in bed with a lady.”
“A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.”
“Failure has gone to his head.”
“I'd rather know a square guy than own a square mile.”
“If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.”
“To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.”
“I hate careless flattery, the kind that exhausts you in your efforts to believe it.”
“The first hundred years are the hardest.”
“I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.”
“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 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.”
“If you count all your assets you always show a profit.”