A common misconception is to attribute the final part of this quote to W.C. Fields himself, it was actually first said about him by Rosten during a "roast" of Fields at the Masquer's Club in Hollywood in 1939, as Rosten explains in his book, The Power of Positive Nonsense - 1977.
God buries his workmen, but carries on his work.
Charles Wesley, as quoted in Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature - 1889. This appears with two quotes of John Wesley on the monument to both men in Westminster Abbey, and is commonly attributed to John Wesley.
Attributed to William F. Buckley Jr. This appears to be a variant of a widely disseminated Republican joke with no published attribution of its authorship to Buckley. Variant 1: They told me if I voted for Goldwater in 1964, that we'd have more war and higher prices. Well, I did, and we do. - Mark Hatfield, as quoted in The Condition of Republicanism - 1968, by Nick Thimmesch Variant 2: They told me if I voted for Goldwater we'd be at war in Vietnam in six months - and I did and we were. - Anonymous voter, as quoted in It All Comes Back to Me Now : Character Portraits from the "Golden Apple" - 2001 by William O'Shaughnessy,
The Church recruited people who had been starched and ironed before they were washed.
John Wesley Lord, as quoted in TIME magazine - 1 February 1963.
Those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
Bernard Baruch in response to a question by Igor Cassini as to how he handled the seating arrangements at his dinner parties, as quoted in Shake Well Before Using: A New Collection of Impressions and Anecdotes Mostly Humorous (1948) by Bennett Cerf, p. 249; the full response was "I never bother about that. Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter."
Captain Newman, M. D - 1962. This is also sometimes attributed to Leo Buscaglia, who often quoted it in his addresses and in his book Living, Loving and Learning - 1982.
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