W. C. Fields on fools
W. C. Fields96 quotes“You can fool some of the people some of the time and that’s enough to make a decent living.”
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Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields You can’t cheat an honest man.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Money will not buy happiness, but it will let you be unhappy in nice places.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I certainly do not drink all the time. I have to sleep you know.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Sex isn’t necessary. You don’t die without it, but you can die having it.
W. C. FieldsW. 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. FieldsW. C. Fields A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Sleep! The most beautiful experience in life. Except drink.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Don’t worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend, one’s present or future thirst, the excellence of the cognac, or any other reason.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Children should neither be seen or heard from – ever again.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields This job will drive me to drink, and for that reason, I will be eternally grateful.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields Comedy is a serious business. A serious business with only one purpose -to make people laugh.
W. C. FieldsW. C. Fields
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The love of Christ comes from simple people who love simple people. Never be fooled by the spiritual leader who knows a lot but doesn’t love a lot.
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Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world.
Joseph CampbellJoseph Campbell You will rarely make wise decisions if you surround yourself with fools
Rasheed OgunlaruRasheed Ogunlaru Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard If you don’t allow for self-serving bias in the conduct of others, you are, again, a fool.
Charlie MungerCharlie Munger Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.
Elbert HubbardElbert Hubbard The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
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