W. C. Fields Quotes

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

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• Politics is the art of the possible.

  

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• I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.

  

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• It is one of the primary motives of modern art that it wants to abolish the distance which the viewer, the consumer, the audience maintain vis-a-vis a work of art.

  

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• There is sometimes a tendency to assume that everyone in this great country has adequate housing. But when you go to certain places, certain neighborhoods, both urban and rural, you find out that's not the case, and I think we have to do much more.

  

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• No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.

  

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• Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

  

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• Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'

  

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• It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

  

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• He told us he was going to take crime out of the streets. He did. He took it into the damn White House.

  

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• I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.

  

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• When I was being brought up, we weren't allowed to wallow in self-pity, which was a thoroughly good thing. We were all fine and healthy because that was what we were told to be.

  

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• Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.

  

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• He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.

  

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• Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.

  

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• Remember, FDA employees are serious about fear. We pay these people to panic about an iota of rodent hair in our chili, even when the recipe calls for it. FDA employees are first-class agonizers, world champions at losing sleep. When Meryl Streep got hysterical about Alar, they actually checked the apples instead of Meryl's head.

  

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• When you think about it, giving up your 'real' personality is a small price to pay for the richness of 'living happily ever after' with an actual man!

  

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• I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

  

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• Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

  

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• I hope to make acting my career for the rest of my life, if I can.

  

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

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Small
  • Always
  • Snake