Author: W.C. Fields Page 5

I never drink water… fish f**k in it.

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

I shall send over a couple of pet beavers to romp with you.

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

How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil's Brew; I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon… and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.

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

No doubt exists that all women are crazy, it’s only a question of degree.

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

Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.

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

You kids are disgusting! Standing around here all day, reeking of popcorn and lollipops.

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

Mrs. Gideon: Well! I’m afraid I can’t say anything good about her.

Cuthbert J. Twillie: I can see what’s good. Tell me the rest.

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

Thou shalt not covet they neighbor's wife unless she's a beauty.

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

First reporter: Say, do you know anything about electricity?

S.B. Bellows: My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at State Prison.

(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

Thou shalt not steal – only from other comedians.

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

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.

(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

It's what you do that counts and not what you say; therefore I fired my press agent.

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

Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.

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

Children should neither be seen nor heard from… ever again.

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

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

The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.

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

I feel as though the Russian Army has been walking over my tongue in their stocking feet.

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

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

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

I like my films to influence the audience; even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get home.

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