Top 180 W. C. Fields Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “I can do anything I want to do!”

— W. C. Fields

52. “Bert Williams was the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.”

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53. “Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.”

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

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55. “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.”

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56. “I’d rather have two girls at 21 each than one girl at 42.”

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

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58. “A thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.”

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

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60. “The Punkwat twins! Brentwood is the world’s smallest giant, whilst his brother, Elwood, is the largest midget in the world. They baffle science!”

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61. “How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil’ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon – and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.”

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62. “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.”

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63. “There’s no such thing as a tough child – if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.”

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64. “Never give a sucker an even break.”

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65. “This job will drive me to drink, and for that reason, I will be eternally grateful.”

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66. “Sex isn’t necessary. You don’t die without it, but you can die having it.”

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

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68. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain unless you’ve used up all the other four-letter words.”

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69. “I don’t believe in dining on an empty stomach.”

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

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

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72. “When doctors and undertakers meet, they wink at each other.”

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73. “It is funnier to bend things than to break them.”

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74. “If I ever found a church that didn’t believe in knocking all the other churches, I might consider joining it.”

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75. “Few things in life are more embarrassing than the necessity of having to inform an old friend that you have just got engaged to his fiancee.”

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76. “During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several days.”

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77. “Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank her.”

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78. “Philadelphia, wonderful town, spent a week there one night.”

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79. “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.”

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80. “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.”

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81. “I’m looking for loopholes.”

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82. “I never smoked a cigar in my life until I was nine.”

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

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

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85. “California is the only state in the union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death.”

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86. “I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness.”

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87. “Never mind what I told you – you do as I tell you.”

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88. “All my available funds are completely tied up in cash.”

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89. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house unless they have a well-stocked bar.”

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90. “It was a marriage of convenience, as my father had a blister on his big toe and couldn’t travel far to find a girl.”

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91. “Buried my wife the other day. Had to, she died.”

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

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93. “I personally stay away from natural foods. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get.”

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94. “Dentists, lawyers, doctors are all a bunch of thieving bastards.”

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95. “The income tax was devised to give lawyers and certified public accountants business. Few persons can make head, tail, or middle out of it. Einstein admitted he couldn’t.”

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96. “I feel like a midget with muddy feet had been walking over my tongue all night.”

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97. “So long as the presence of death lurks with anyone who goes through the simple act of swallowing, I will make mine whiskey.”

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

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99. “Beds are dangerous. More people die in bed than anywhere else.”

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100. “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. Fields