"Abstaining is favorable both to the head and…" — W.C. Fields
"Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket."
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188 Quotes by W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields has 188 quotes on this site.
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Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It…
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The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother.
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Wouldn't it be terrible if I quoted some reliable statistics which prove that more people are driven insane through religious…
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I drink with impunity...or anyone else who invites me.
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I have been advised by the best medical authority, at my age, not to attempt to give up alcohol.
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How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon…
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Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners…
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Prayers never bring anything... They may bring solace to the sap, the bigot, the ignorant, the aboriginal, and the lazy…
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I have spent a lot of time searching through the Bible for loopholes.
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All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.
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I've been asked if I ever get the DTs. I don't know. It's hard to tell where Hollywood ends and…
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Reality is an illusion that occurs due to the lack of alcohol.
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More Abstaining Quotes
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An artist needs knowledge and the power of observation only so that he can tell from what he is abstaining,…
— Andrei Tarkovsky
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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace.…
— Julien Benda
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Temperance referred not abstaining, but going the right length and no further...of course it may be the duty of a…
— C.S. Lewis
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Paraphrased: The way of al-Junayd includes among other things abstaining constantly from resisting God Most High in whatever happens to…
— Ibn Ata Allah
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Jesus isn't coming for a church that's gritting her teeth, struggling to stay free from sin, secretly wishing she could…
— Mike Bickle
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As for drugs, it annoys me that people think it`s the worst thing in the world compared with, say, not…
— Lily Allen
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Virtue is not to be considered in the light of mere innocence, or abstaining from harm; but as the exertion…
— Joseph Butler
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Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.
— George Bernard Shaw
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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace.…
— Herman Wouk
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The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of…
— Bhagavad Gita
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Every human being will have to go before Jesus and give an account of the life they lived. What will…
— Creflo Dollar
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And they were commanded not, but that they should worship Allah, and worship none but Him Alone (abstaining from ascribing…
— Unknown Author
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