W. C. Fields on expectation
W. C. Fields96 quotes“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.”
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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.
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