WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:11:05 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg Cantor, Eddie – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Cantor, Eddie -- (Attributed) https://wist.info/cantor-eddie/27681/ https://wist.info/cantor-eddie/27681/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2014 14:47:34 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=27681 It took me twenty years to become an overnight success.


Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) American comedian, dancer, singer, actor, songwriter [b. Isidore Itzkowitz]
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Though most often attributed to Cantor, the phrase is also associated with Danny Thomas and many others. Sometimes given as "It takes twenty years to become an overnight success" (or sometimes ten years). More here. ]]> https://wist.info/cantor-eddie/27681/feed/ 0 27681