Flip Wilson Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Before you can hit the jackpot, you have to put a coin in the machine.

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

Funny is an attitude.

Get well cards have become so humorous that if you don't get sick you're missing half the fun.

I don't think Geraldine will be back. She was the girl of my dreams, and she carried me longer than my mother did.

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

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.

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV.

It would be ridiculous for me to say anything negative regarding blacks having an equal opportunity on TV. After all, 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.

It's later than it's ever been.

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

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?

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

The devil made me do it.

Violence is a tool of the ignorant.

When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.

With all the trouble black people have, they try to forget on weekends. You've got to be good to make them laugh.

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

Trivia

Flip received his stage name from friends in the United States Air Force, who joked that he had "flipped out," when he served from 1950-1954.

Flip did a television commercial for Colgate toothpaste in 1986.

Flip won the Golden Globe for Best TV Actor - Musical/Comedy in 1971 and was nominated again for the same award in 1972 and 1973.