W. C. Fields quotes
Yes, if every other form of persuasion fails.
- W.C. Fields, when asked if he believed in clubs for women
When I want to play with a prick, I'll play with my own.
- W.C. Fields, on being invited to play golf with someone he didn't like
Fried!
- W.C. Fields, when asked, "How do you like children?"
I didn't squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn't see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here.
- W.C. Fields, in a restaurant to waitress
All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia.
- W.C. Fields' epitaph
All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.
- W.C. Fields
Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got.
- W.C. Fields
Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.
- W.C. Fields
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
- W.C. Fields
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
- W.C. Fields
I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
- W.C. Fields
If at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn fool about it.
- W.C. Fields
I was married once, in San Francisco. I haven't seen her for many years. The great earthquake and fire in 1906 destroyed the marriage certificate. There's no legal proof. Which proves that earthquakes aren't all bad.
- 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've been barbecued, stewed, screwed, tattooed, and fried by people claiming to be my friends. The human race has gone backward, not forward, since the days we were apes swinging through the trees.
- W.C. Fields
I believe in tying the marriage knot, as long as it's around the woman's neck.
- W.C. Fields
More people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol.
- W.C. Fields
My father...one of the great immorals, er, immortals, of our time.
- 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
Women are like elephants to me: nice to look at, but I wouldn't want to own one.
- W.C. Fields
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