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Earl Wilson [1907-1987] American
Rank: 102
Journalist


Earl Wilson, born Harvey Earl Wilson, was an American journalist, gossip columnist, and author, perhaps best known for his 6-day a week nationally syndicated newspaper column, It Happened Last Night.

Car, Money, Communication, Courage, Equality, Experience, Failure, Home, Medical, Science, Success



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Success is simply a matter of luck. Ask any failure. Failure, Success
101
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. Car
102
A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.
103
Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. Experience
104
Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break. Communication, Science
105
Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.
106
A woman may race to get a man a gift but it always ends in a tie.
107
Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
108
Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
109
You may not be able to read a doctor's handwriting and prescription, but you'll notice his bills are neatly typewritten. Medical
110
Always remember, money isn't everything - but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense. Money
111
One way to get high blood pressure is to go mountain climbing over molehills.
112
Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back. Car, Home
113
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
114
Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
115
Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.
116
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
117
To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible.
118
Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
119
Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money? Money
120
If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.
121
Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
122
Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. Courage
123
This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.
124
He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone.
125
Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect.
126
He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.
201
An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.
202
The man who didn't want his wife to work has been succeeded by the man who asks about her chances of getting a raise. Equality
203
Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.
204

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