W. C. Fields Quotes about Comedy

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.

Trying, Rest Of Your Life, Comedy

W.C. Fields (2016). “Fields for President”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield

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

Hate, Prejudice, Comedy

Quoted in Saturday Review, 28 Jan. 1967

Comedy is merely tragedy happening to someone else.

Tragedy, Comedy, Happenings

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

Reading, Comedy, Caught

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

Hope, Lost Everything, Comedy

Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.

Drinking, Lunch, Comedy

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (motion picture) (1939).

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

Children, Comedy, Should

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

Comedy, Prosperity, Behinds

"Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

I must have a drink of breakfast.

Breakfast, Comedy, Drink

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

Vat, Comedy, Whiskey

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I would rather be living in Philadelphia.

Comedy, Whole

"Vanity Fair" Magazine, 1925.