"I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use……" — W.C. Fields
"I note the derogatory rumors concerning the use of alcoholic stimulants and lavish living. It is the penalty of greatness."
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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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Before Footloose, the things I'd done weren't cute. In Diner I was an alcoholic.
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When you live in an alcoholic family or an abusive family, you tiptoe, you don't want to step on any…
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[Smoking is] a dirty habit that should be banned from America by the Government, instead of moderate alcoholic drinking.
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Alcoholic drinks, rightly used, are good for body and soul alike, but as a restorative of both there is nothing…
— George Saintsbury
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Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you…
— Mitch Hedberg
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My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could…
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I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single…
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So popular is beer, the world's best-selling alcoholic drink, that it is often taken for granted. Yet scientific analysis shows…
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The reason I'm not an alcoholic is I don't like to drink in front of the kids . . .…
— Phyllis Diller
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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author…
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My present and most fixed opinion regarding the nature of alcoholic fermentation is this: The chemical act of fermentation is…
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