W. C. Fields Quotes
How is the human race going to survive now that the cost of living has gone up two dollars a quart?
Fields, W. C. W. C. Fields by Himself: His Intended Autobiography. Edited by Ronald J. Fields, Prentice-Hall, 1973.
Under the economic stewardship of the George W. Bush administration, the rate of inflation was modest. However, while the wages of the highest executives had increase markedly, the wages of average workers actually had decreased for much of the administration.
Although this was written in 1924, it could have been written at most times since where the national debt was substantial.
William Claude Dukenfield, better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields' comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathetic character despite his supposed contempt for children and dogs.
