Flip Wilson Quotes

If I could marry my motorcycle, I'd roll her right up to the altar.

- Flip Wilson

My main point is to be funny; if I can slip a message in there, fine.

- Flip Wilson

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

- Flip Wilson

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

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

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

I told CBS, 'My career is going down the toilet, and you're pulling the chain.'

- Flip Wilson

Funny is not a color. Being black is only good from the time you get from the curtain to the microphone.

- Flip Wilson

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

Most drag impersonations are a drag. But women can like Geraldine, men can like Geraldine, everyone can like Geraldine.

- Flip Wilson

I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.

- Flip Wilson

Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

- Flip Wilson

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

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

I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.

- Flip Wilson

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

- Flip Wilson

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Flip Wilson

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

The devil made me do it.

- Flip Wilson

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

- Flip Wilson

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

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

- Flip Wilson

It's later than it's ever been.

- Flip Wilson

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

- Flip Wilson

Funny is an attitude.

- Flip Wilson