Author: W.C. Fields Page 4

Poker? Is that the game where one receives five cards, and if there’s two alike that’s pretty good, but if there’s three alike that’s much better?

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

She's all done up like a well-kept grave.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Thou shalt not kill anything less than a fifth.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I like children… if they’re properly cooked.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

A man without a woman is like a neck without a pain.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Now don't say you can't swear off drinking… it's easy; I've done it a thousand times.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I'm looking for loopholes.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I am an expert of electricity; my father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

[Sarcastically] I’m about as busy as a pickpocket in a nudist colony.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Thou shalt not steal – only from other comedians.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Getting married is like buying a new horse, or going into a strange saloon.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

If a thing is worth having, it’s worth cheating for.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I never drank anything stronger than beer before I was twelve.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

When I want to play with a prick, I’ll play with my own.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

If I had enough money to pay your back salary, I’d fire you.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

[to waitress]: 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.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

There is not a man in America who has not had a secret ambition to boot an infant.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Say anything that you like about me except that I drink water.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

I don’t have to attend every argument I’m invited to.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Sucker: Is this a game of chance?

Fields: Not the way I play it, no.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer