Quotes by Flip Wilson - Page 1

Funny is an attitude.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Funny
Attitude
Positive Attitude
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The devil made me do it.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Devil
Made
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What you see is what you get.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Cheer
Gossip Girl
Love Life
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It's later than it's ever been.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Later
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Ignorant
Tools
Violence
Tool
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When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Comedy
Hot
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I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Comedy
Thinking
Way
Wilson
Mr
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Being your own man does not mean taking advantage of anyone else.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Men
Doe
Mean
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If I could marry my motorcycle, I'd roll her right up to the altar.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
If I Could
Motorcycle
Altar
Roll
Marry
Her
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Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Comedy
Order
Laid
Road
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My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Funny
Fine
Messages
Slips
Main
Message
Point
Slip
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The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Funny
Life
Chance
Cost
Cost Of Living
Living
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I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Cbs
Chain
Toilet
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If I had my whole life to live over again, I don't think I'd have the strength.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Life
Ifs
Thinking
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You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Motivational
Success
Expectations
Positivity
Hit
Expect
Few
Machine
Put
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Ovation
Standing
Ask
Fat
Lady
Sung
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Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Humor
Cards
Fun
Get Well
Get Well Soon
Half
Humorous
Missing
Sick
Well
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Being a comedian is like being a con man. You have to make 'em like you before you can fool 'em.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Humor
Men
Comedian
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Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Black
Color
Microphones
Funny Time Good
Curtain
Microphone
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It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Opportunity
Equal
Equal Opportunity
Negative
Say Anything
Would Be
Blacks
Regarding
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Things can be funny only when we are in fun. When we're 'dead earnest,' humor is the only thing that is dead.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Humor
Earnest
Fun
Dead
The Only Thing
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With all the trouble black people have, they try to forget on weekends. You've got to be good to make them laugh.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Laughing
People
Weekend
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Most drag impersonations are a drag. But women can like Geraldine, men can like Geraldine, everyone can like Geraldine.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Drag
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Loyal
Sassy
Secret
Smart
The Secret Of
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My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Comedy
Self
Want
Life My Life Talk
Private
Screen
Statement
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I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Enjoy
Enjoyed
Philosophy
Study
Exactly
Exactly What
Moment
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I have the bug again. I'm expecting the response to seeing the show again on Nick to be very good, and this will set the groundwork for what I want to do.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Expecting
Groundwork
Response
Seeing
Bug
Nick
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After having seen the job done on that first show of mine, I realized that I felt like I wanted to work again for a short while. Two, three years, then stop.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Short
Mine
Realized
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I was number one in the ratings four times last year and twice this season. What could be more damn equal than that? If they get any more equal, I don't want it.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Damn
Equal
Last Year
Numbers
Umpires
Years
Twice
Ratings
Season
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I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Intimacy
Rapport
Spirituality
Explain
Outlet
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I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Matured
Me Doing Person
Different Person
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I accomplished what I set out to do. I wanted the whole cookie, and I got it. Now I want to spend more time with my children - make sure they don't go through what I did.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Accomplished
Time Children More
Sure
Cookie
Set
Spend
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Everyone in this house and the houses next door knows when I'm in the sauna because I start singing, and I sing the blues when I'm in a really good mood. I have a really loud voice, you know.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Good Mood
Loud
Mood
Singing
Good Mood Good Mood
Blues
Door
Houses
Next Door
Sing
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A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Accepted
First Time
Judging
Taught
Time May People
Time Black People
Turned
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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.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Birthday
Smile
Teacher
Childhood
Interest
Memories
Polish
Reform
School
Abc
Me
Box
He
First
Cracker
Ever
Fact
Gave
Got
Happiest
In Fact
Memory
Presents
Shoe
Took
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Variety shows didn't disappear; it was the caliber of the artists, the classic vaudevillians that have passed on. They are gone, so there's a different caliber performer that's come along that hasn't had the time to work in the small clubs and get the experience.
Flip Wilson / Comedian
Caliber
Classic
Clubs
Disappear
Variety
Time Work Experience
Artists
Work Time Experience
Passed
Performer
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