William Claude Fields frasi celebri
“[Le sue ultime parole] Nel complesso, preferirei trovarmi a Filadelfia.”
Origine: Citato in Portala al cinema, p. 44.
“Chi è quel demonio che ha messo del succo d'ananas nel mio succo d'ananas?”
Origine: Citato in Portala al cinema, p. 74.
William Claude Fields Frasi e Citazioni
William Claude Fields: Frasi in inglese
“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”
The earliest source found in Google Books dates from 1968 https://books.google.com/books?id=4uc0AQAAIAAJ&q=%22baffle+them%22+dazzle&dq=%22baffle+them%22+dazzle&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKm4ad8rbLAhVM1GMKHa8WDQcQ6AEIJTAC, and does not attribute it to W. C. Fields but to a certain "Bill": I said, "What do you do, Bill?" He says "Well, if I can't dazzle them with my brilliance I baffle them with my bull," and doggone if he doesn't. Not found attributed to W. C. Fields until 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=-7MizCVNXPEC&pg=PA44&dq=dazzle+%22with+brilliance%22+baffle+fields&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiW0Yzv9rbLAhUT2mMKHW1nAd0Q6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=dazzle%20%22with%20brilliance%22%20baffle%20fields&f=false. <br class="br">Misattributed
“Anyone who hates children and dogs can't be all bad.”
Although very commonly attributed to Fields, this is derived from a statement that was actually first said about him by Leo Rosten during a "roast" at the Masquer's Club in Hollywood in 1939, as Rosten explains in his book, The Power of Positive Nonsense (1977) "The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields ... is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad."
Misattributed
Variante: Anyone who hates babies and dogs can't be all bad.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Variante: 'Twas a woman who drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank her.
“If a thing is worth having, it's worth cheating for.”
My Little Chickadee (1940)
“I never voted for anybody. I always voted against.”
As recounted by Robert Lewis Taylor in W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
Variante: I never vote for anyone; I always vote against.
“Some contemptible scoundrel stole the cork from my lunch …”
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1940)
