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Top 64 W. C. Fields Quotes

November 13, 2020 by Krista Leave a Comment

“If I had to live my life over, I’d live over a saloon.”

― W. C. Fields

“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.”

― W. C. Fields

“Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she’ll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.”

― W. C. Fields

“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”

― W. C. Fields

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.”

― W. C. Fields

“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”

― W. C. Fields

“Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.”

― W. C. Fields

“I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.”

― W. C. Fields

“If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.”

― W. C. Fields

“A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.”

― W. C. Fields

“Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.”

― W. C. Fields

“Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.”

― W. C. Fields

“I’d like to see Paris before I die… Philadelphia will do.”

― W. C. Fields

“Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There’s nothing like having a midget for a butler.”

― W. C. Fields

“The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.”

― W. C. Fields

“Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.”

― W. C. Fields

“I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.”

― W. C. Fields

“No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it’s only a question of degree.”

― W. C. Fields

“I never drink water. I’m afraid it will become habit-forming.”

― W. C. Fields

“Don’t worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.”

― W. C. Fields

“Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.”

― W. C. Fields

“I must have a drink of breakfast.”

― W. C. Fields

“Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.”

― W. C. Fields

“I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.”

― W. C. Fields

“I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.”

― W. C. Fields

“The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.”

― W. C. Fields

“The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.”

― W. C. Fields

“It ain’t what they call you, it’s what you answer to.”

― W. C. Fields

“Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.”

― W. C. Fields

“There are only two real ways to get ahead today – sell liquor or drink it.”

― W. C. Fields

“There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.”

― W. C. Fields

“I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That’s the one thing I’m indebted to her for.”

― W. C. Fields

“I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.”

― W. C. Fields

“I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.”

― W. C. Fields

“Show me a great actor and I’ll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you’ve seen the devil.”

― W. C. Fields

“The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.”

― W. C. Fields

“Anyone who hates children and animals can’t be all bad.”

― W. C. Fields

“Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.”

― W. C. Fields

“The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.”

― W. C. Fields

“When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.”

― W. C. Fields

“Sleep – the most beautiful experience in life – except drink.”

― W. C. Fields

“It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.”

― W. C. Fields

“I like children – fried.”

― W. C. Fields

“Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?”

― W. C. Fields

“Women are like elephants. I like to look at ’em, but I wouldn’t want to own one.”

― W. C. Fields

“On the whole, I’d rather be in Philidelphia.”

― W. C. Fields

“If there’s a will, prosperity can’t be far behind.”

― W. C. Fields

“I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.”

― W. C. Fields

“I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.”

― W. C. Fields

“Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.”

― W. C. Fields

“Children should neither be seen or heard from – ever again.”

― W. C. Fields

“All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.”

― W. C. Fields

“You can’t trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.”

― W. C. Fields

“Now don’t say you can’t swear off drinking; it’s easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.”

― W. C. Fields

“It’s morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.”

― W. C. Fields

“Never give a sucker an even break.”

― W. C. Fields

“Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.”

― W. C. Fields

“Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.”

― W. C. Fields

“I don’t know why I ever come in here. The flies get the best of everything.”

― W. C. Fields

“Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there’s nothing exactly like it.”

― W. C. Fields

“Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.”

― W. C. Fields

“A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.”

― W. C. Fields

“I drink therefore I am.”

― W. C. Fields

“I never met a kid I liked.”

― W. C. Fields

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