Quote

Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.

W. C. Fields

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

W. C. Fields
Age: 66 †
Born: 1880
Born: January 29
Died: 1946
Died: December 25
Actor
Cabaret Artist
Circus Performer
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
WC Fields
William Claude Dukenfield
W.C. Fields
Comedy
Else
Someone
Happenings
Happening
Tragedy
Merely

More quotes by W. C. Fields

Image
I never met a kid I liked.
W. C. Fields
Image
I never drink water... fish f**k in it.
W. C. Fields
Image
Hollywood is the gold cap on a tooth that should have been pulled out years ago.
W. C. Fields
Image
All my available funds are completely tied up in cash.
W. C. Fields
Image
I'm looking for loopholes.
W. C. Fields
Image
When asked to borrow money: I'll see what my lawyer says. . . . And if he says yes, I'll get another lawyer.
W. C. Fields
Image
Scotch needs water like a fish needs a bicycle.
W. C. Fields
Image
I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
W. C. Fields
Image
It is funnier to bend things than to break them.
W. C. Fields
Image
The best thing to break is a contract.
W. C. Fields
Image
It's what you do that counts and not what you say therefore I fired my press agent.
W. C. Fields
Image
I drink with impunity...or anyone else who invites me.
W. C. Fields
Image
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!
W. C. Fields
Image
The only thing a lawyer won't question is the legitimacy of his mother.
W. C. Fields
Image
I never worry about being driven to drink I just worry about being driven home.
W. C. Fields
Image
I like my films to influence the audience. Even if it means tripping their aged grandparents with a cane when they get home.
W. C. Fields
Image
Now don't say you can't swear off drinking it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.
W. C. Fields
Image
I've been on a 46-year diet of olives and alcohol. The latter I consume. The former I save and use over again in more alcohol. In my lifetime, I imagine, I have consumed at least $200,000 worth of whisky.
W. C. Fields
Image
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
W. C. Fields
Image
Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.
W. C. Fields