Author: Flip Wilson

Quotes

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

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

- Flip Wilson

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

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

- 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?

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

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

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

- Flip Wilson

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

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

- Flip Wilson

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

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

- Flip Wilson

Funny is an attitude.

Funny is an attitude.

- 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.

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

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

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

- Flip Wilson

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