W. C. Fields
W. C. Fields
William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler and writer. Fields' comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist, who remained a sympathetic character despite his snarling contempt for dogs and children...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 January 1880
CityDarby, PA
CountryUnited States of America
ambition men america
There is not a man in America who has not had a secret ambition to boot an infant.
dream conceited men
A man who overindulges lives in a dream. He becomes conceited. He thinks the whole world revolves around him; and it usually does.
sympathy men forgiving
No one likes the fellow who is all rogue, but we'll forgive him almost anything if there is warmth of human sympathy underneath his rogueries. The immortal types of comedy are just such men.
men hands nine
I don't object to nine aces in one deck. But when a man lays down five aces in one hand... and besides, I know what I dealt him!
truth wine men
You can't cheat an honest man.
men suffering lines
A comic should suffer as much over a single line as a man with a hernia would in picking up a heavy barbell.
men saws saddest
Bert Williams was the funniest man I ever saw and the saddest man I ever knew.
uncles men giving
Just like my Uncle Charlie used to say, just before he sprung the trap: He said, "You can't cheat and honest man! Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump!
funny dog men
No man is the boss of his own house, but he can make up for it, he thinks, by making a dog play dead.
men lucky alive
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
pain men necks
A man without a woman is like a neck without a pain.
daughter men thinking
My daughter wants to throw a stone at a bad man. I stop her from throwing, shaking my head and giving her a little slap. My disapproval is complete. You think: 'That's right, she shouldn't throw a stone even at a villain.' Then I hand her a brick to throw.
men needs intoxicated
A man who's intoxicated all the time doesn't need sympathy.
humor men lazy
The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.