Quotes by Flip Wilson

• It's later than it's ever been.
• Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.
• When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
• Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
• The devil made me do it.
• The cost of living is going up and the chance of living is going down.
• 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?
• You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
• I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.
• Funny is an attitude.
• Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.
• Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine.
• It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.
• 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.