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Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)


Wilson Mizner (1876-1933)

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. He was manager and co-owner of The Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles, California, and was affiliated with his brother, Addison Mizner, in a series of scams and picaresque misadventures that inspired Stephen Sondheim's musical Road Show.


Quotes·Quotations by Wilson Mizner

Education

¶ I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Mizner

John Wilson (1785-1854, Scottish writer)


John Wilson (1785-1854, Scottish writer)

John Wilson of Ellerey FRSE (18 May 1785 – 3 April 1854) was a Scottish advocate, literary critic and author, the writer most frequently identified with the pseudonym Christopher North of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.

He was professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University (1820-51).


Quotes·Quotations by John Wilson

U.K.

¶ His Majesty's dominions, on which the sun never sets.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilson_(Scottish_writer)