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Fields, W. C. quotes

1879-1946 American Actor


I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.
Fields, W. C.
Elections

Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
Fields, W. C.
Life and Living

I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
Fields, W. C.
Prejudice

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
Fields, W. C.
Money

My heart is a bargain today. Will you take it?
Fields, W. C.
Price

Start off everyday with a simple smile and get it over with.
Fields, W. C.
Smile

W. C. Fields, a lifetime agnostic, was discovered reading a Bible on his deathbed. I m looking for a loop-hole, he explained.
Fields, W. C.
Bible

I never drink water. I m afraid it will become habit-forming.
Fields, W. C.
Alcohol and Alcoholism

I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.
Fields, W. C.
Alcohol and Alcoholism

I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
Fields, W. C.
Cities and City Life

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.
Fields, W. C.
Abstinence

You can t trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.
Fields, W. C.
Alcohol and Alcoholism

Show me a great actor and I ll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you ve seen the devil.
Fields, W. C.
Acting and Actors

It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
Fields, W. C.
Alcohol and Alcoholism

The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.
Fields, W. C.
Alcohol and Alcoholism

Somebody left the cork out of my lunch.
Fields, W. C.
Alcohol and Alcoholism

The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
Fields, W. C.
World