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Addison Mizner Quotes

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

Where there is a will there is a lawsuit.

Addison Mizner
Feet, Willpower, Lawsuit
Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

Addison Mizner
Funny, Ignorance, Men
Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

It is my plan to create a city that is direct and simple... To leave out all that is ugly, to eliminate the unnecessary, and to give Florida and the nation a resort city as perfect as study and ideals can make it.

Addison Mizner
Simple, Cities, Florida

God gives us our relatives – thank God we can choose our friends.

Addison Mizner
Inspirational, Funny, Friendship
"The Complete Cynic".

Misery loves company, but company does not reciprocate.

Addison Mizner
Doe, Misery, Company
Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1903). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom ...”

Never call a man a fool; borrow from him

Addison Mizner
Men, Fool
Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1908). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom”

They also swear who only stand and wait.

Addison Mizner
Waiting, Swear
Oliver Herford, Addison Mizner (1907). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom...”

Poets are born, not paid.

Addison Mizner
Poetry, Poet, Born
Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Addison Mizner (1908). “The Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom”

Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.

Addison Mizner
Lawsuit
Evanell K. Powell Brant, Addison Mizner, Wilson Mizner (1979*). “Debauched Proverbs and Other Miznerisms of Addison Mizner and Wilson Mizner”

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