Уильям Клод Филдс цитаты

Уильям Клод Дукенфилд — американский комик, актёр, фокусник и писатель.

✵ 29. Январь 1880 – 25. Декабрь 1946   •   Другие имена دبلیو. سی. فیلدز, دبليو سي فيلدز
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“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.
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
Вариант: Anyone who hates babies and dogs can't be all bad.

“I was in love with a beautiful blonde once, dear. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm so indebted to her for.”

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Вариант: 'Twas a woman who drove me to drink. I never had the courtesy to thank her.

“I never voted for anybody. I always voted against.”

As recounted by Robert Lewis Taylor in W.C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes
Вариант: 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)