Mizner, Wilson

"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something."

"Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something."

"I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience."

"A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant."

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

"You sparkle with larceny."

"Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest."

"If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research."