Walter Winchell Quotes

A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.

Good evening, Mr. and Mrs. America from border to border and coast to coast and all the ships at sea. Let's go to press.

The best way to get along is never to forgive an enemy or forget a friend.

An optimist is someone who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.

Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.

She's been on more laps than a napkin.

I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.

Broadway is a main artery of New York life - the hardened artery.

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

It's a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do.

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.

The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.

Hollywood is a place where they place you under contract instead of under observation.

Money sometimes makes fools of important persons, but it may also make important persons of fools.

A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

Nothing recedes like success.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

Hollywood is where they shoot too many pictures and not enough actors.

The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.

Here lies Walter Winchell in the dirt he loved so well.

Hell hath no fury like a woman cheated out of a million dollars.

He (Alexander Woollcott) always praises the first production of each season, being reluctant to stone the first cast.

The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.

A certain columnist has been banned from all Shubert openings. Now he can wait three days and go to their closings.

I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.

America - love it or leave it.

A friend is one who walks in when others walk out.