Quote #39

It ain't a fit night out for man or beast. (From one of his 'short' films, followed by opening the door and having snow flung in his face.)

More from W. C. Fields

  1. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.
  2. It was a woman drove me to drink....you know I never did thank her.
  3. I've been barbecued, stewed, screwed, tattooed, and fried by people claiming to be my friends. The human race has gone backward, not forwar…
  4. From It's a Gift, chiding a man who is trying to swindle him out of valuable property: 'You're crazy. And I'm drunk. But I'll be sober tomo…
  5. I was married once- in San Francisco. I haven't seen her for many years. The great earthquake and fire in 1906 destroyed the marriage certi…
  6. Last week I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.
  7. I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.
  8. Madam, there's no such thing as a tough child- if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.

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