8 W. C. Fields Quotes on Drinking

W. C. Fields quotes on drinking

8. Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got.

16. Charlie McCarthy: 'Say, Mr. Fields, I read in the paper where you consumed two quarts of liquor a day. What would your father think about that?' WC: 'He'd think I was a sissy.' (from a radio show)

18. Christmas at my house is always at least six or seven times more pleasant than anywhere else. We start drinking early. And while everyone else is seeing only one Santa Claus, we'll be seeing six or seven.

25. I never wanted to be an actor, I wanted to be a drunk. Now I'm neither, but nobody can tell the difference.

26. How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil's Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon- and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter. (From a radio show, a 'temperance lecture'.)

31. I certainly do not drink all the time. I have to sleep you know.

40. It was a woman drove me to drink....you know I never did thank her.

44. Man: 'I have no sympathy for a man who is intoxicated all the time.' WC: 'A man who's intoxicated all the time doesn't need sympathy.'