Flip Wilson Quotes & Sayings

“My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.”

“You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.”

“Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.”

“The devil made me do it.”

“The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.”

“Violence is a tool of the ignorant.”

“Funny is an attitude.”

“Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.”

“When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.”

“Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.”