W. C. Fields (1880 – 1946)

W. C. Fields quotes

• A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.

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• The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.

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• Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

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• If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.

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• My heart is a bargain today. Will you take it?

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• Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

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• Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

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• I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

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• If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.

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