Quotes from Flip Wilson

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

Love is a feeling you feel, when you are about to fill a feeling you've never felt before.

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

The devil made me do it!

I tell fans who ask me why I'm not doing comedy anymore that I'm a different person. I've grown and I've matured. I've made a transition to where I really want to be.

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

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?

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.

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

A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.

If I could marry my motorcycle, I'd roll her right up to the altar.

I have my outlet for my humor through my characters, and I also have the intimacy of rapport with my fans that allows me to explain my philosophy and spirituality.

I have the bug again. I'm expecting the response to seeing the show again on Nick to be very good, and this will set the groundwork for what I want to do.

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

Variety shows didn't disappear; it was the caliber of the artists, the classic vaudevillians that have passed on. They are gone, so there's a different caliber performer that's come along that hasn't had the time to work in the small clubs and get the experience.

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

Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.

It's later than it's ever been.

Funny is an attitude.

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