W. C. Fields on age
W. C. Fields96 quotes“I personally stay away from natural foods. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get.”
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Comedy is a serious business. A serious business with only one purpose -to make people laugh.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I must have a drink of breakfast.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields My main ambition as a gardener is to water my orange trees with gin, then all I have to do is squeeze the juice into a glass.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields You can fool some of the people some of the time and that’s enough to make a decent living.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields When you wake up in the morning, smile – and get it over with.
W. C. FieldsW. 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. FieldsW. C. Fields Prayers never bring anything, They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy – but to the enlightened it is the same as asking Santa Claus to bring you something for Xmas.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Some people are born losers; others acquire the knack gradually.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there’s nothing exactly like it.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Was I in here last night and did I spend a $20 bill? Oh, thank goodness… I thought I’d lost it.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I used to be indecisive, now I’m not so sure.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There’s nothing like having a midget for a butler.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
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