Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Earl Wilson (American Newspaper Columnist)

Earl Wilson (1907–87,) born Harvey Earl Wilson, nicknamed Midnight Earl, was an American journalist, gossip columnist, and author. He is best known for his six-day a week nationally syndicated newspaper column, It Happened Last Night. He wrote more than 11,000 columns over 40 years.

Born in Rockford in Mercer County in Ohio, Wilson attended Heidelberg College and graduated from Ohio State University in 1931 with a B. S. in journalism. He worked for newspapers in Columbus and Akron and for the International News Service before moving to The Washington Post.

He chronicled New York’s nightlife for four decades in a chatty syndicated column that originated in The New York Post. He stalked the city’s cabarets, bars, and other Broadway spots in the after-dark hours in search of tidbits for his column. He was often “accompanied by ‘B.W.’” (for Beautiful Wife) on his prowls. In the late 1960s, 175 newspapers carried his column across the country.

For several years, Wilson hosted talk shows on local radio stations and, in 1957, was the host of a segment of the Tonight Show on NBC-TV.

Wilson was the author of several books, most of them drawn from his columns. His notable works include Show Business Laid Bare (1974,) Sinatra: An Unauthorized Biography (1976,) and The Show Business Nobody Knows (1971.)

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Somebody figured it out—we have 35 million laws trying to enforce Ten Commandments.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Law, Lawyers

Snow and adolescence are the only problems that disappear if you ignore them long enough.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Snow, Problems

Always remember, money isn’t everything—but also remember to make a lot of it before talking such fool nonsense.
—Earl Wilson

How you use today will determine how tomorrow uses you.
—Earl Wilson

Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
—Earl Wilson

Home, nowadays, is a place where part of the family waits till the rest of the family brings the car back
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Home

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
—Earl Wilson

This would be a much better world if more married couples were as deeply in love as they are in debt.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Marriage

A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you’ve been taking.
—Earl Wilson

Benjamin Franklin may have discovered electricity, but it was the man who invented the meter who made the money.
—Earl Wilson

Money in the bank is like toothpaste in the tube. Easy to take out, hard to put back.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Money

You can say this for ready-mixes – the next generation isn’t going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Eating

Poise: the ability to be ill at ease inconspicuously.
—Earl Wilson

An exhaustive study of police records shows that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes.
—Earl Wilson

Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you’re scared to death.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Courage, Bravery

Nowadays people can be divided into three classes—the haves the have-nots and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Debt

Gossip is when you hear something you like about someone, you don’t.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Gossip

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Money, Caring, Kindness

Nothing is as embarrassing as watching your boss do something you assured him couldn’t be done.
—Earl Wilson
Topics: Challenges

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