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» I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally.

» Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.

» Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

» The cost of living has gone up another dollar a quart.

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

» Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.

» I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

» It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.

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

» Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.

» If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.

» Women are like elephants. I like to look at 'em, but I wouldn't want to own one.

» I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.

» If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.

» Abstaining is favorable both to the head and the pocket.

» 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.

» A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.

» I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.

» There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation.

» I like children - fried.

» I drink therefore I am.

» I never met a kid I liked.

» It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.

» I'm free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.

» Last week, I went to Philadelphia, but it was closed.

» Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.

» Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.

» Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.

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

» Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.

» I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.

» I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.

» It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.

» You can't trust water: Even a straight stick turns crooked in it.

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

» On the whole, I'd rather be in Philidelphia.

» I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.

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

» Never give a sucker an even break.

» I once spent a year in Philadelphia, I think it was on a Sunday.

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

» Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

» The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.

» If there's a will, prosperity can't be far behind.

» I must have a drink of breakfast.

» Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?

» Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.

» Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.

» Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.

» All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.

» I'm looking for loopholes. (Said when caught reading the Bible.).

» Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.

» No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.

» There are only two real ways to get ahead today - sell liquor or drink it.

» The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.

» I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.

» Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.

» Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch.

» When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.

» The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes so they would turn over by themselves.

» Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butler.

» Marry an outdoors woman. Then if you throw her out into the yard on a cold night, she can still survive.

» Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

» Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.

» I never vote for anyone. I always vote against.

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

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