Walter Winchell Quotes

Today's gossip is tomorrow's headline.

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

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

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.

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

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

America - love it or leave it.

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

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.

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

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

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

The Chicago mobs... They practiced their own perverted form of "survival of the fittest." Where the strong clawed their way to the top of a criminal empire. And the weak died in a hail of machine gun bullets.

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

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

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

A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.

The reason they're called the opposite sex is because every time you think you have your wife fooled - it's just the opposite!

I never lost a friend I wanted to keep.

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

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

Nothing recedes like success.

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

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

Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.