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15 Flip Wilson Quotes

Flip Wilson shares witty, character-driven jokes that poke fun at life and performance.

Flip Wilson quotes

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

    #1

  2. Funny is an attitude.

    #2

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

    #3

  4. [about his alter-ego] I don't think Geraldine will be back. She was the girl of my dreams, and she carried me longer than my mother did.

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

    #5

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

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  7. 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?

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

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  9. The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a put-down of women.

    #9

  10. Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

    #10

  11. What you see is what you get.

    #11

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

    #12

  13. With all the trouble black people have, they try to forget on weekends. You've got to be good to make them laugh.

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

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  15. I reserve my right to be a nigger.

    #15