Quotes from Earl Wilson


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Isn't it a shame that future generations can't be here to see all the wonderful things we're doing with their money?


Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.


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.


Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect.


He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone.


He was so honest you could play craps with him over the phone.


An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen.


This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.


If you wouldn't write it and sign it, don't say it.


Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.


Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.


To sell something, tell a woman it's a bargain; tell a man it's deductible.


Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.


A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.


Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.


Experience is what enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.


Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone you don't.


The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.


Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back.


Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn't be done.