“I didn't squawk about the steak, dear. I merely said I didn't see that old horse that used to be tethered outside here.”

— W.C. Fields

To a waitress, in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

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actor 1880–1946

Charles Keeping (1924–1988) British illustrator and children's writer

When asked by his wife how he could draw so many bricks (in a series of drawings of horse stables). Quoted at The Keeping Gallery http://www.thekeepinggallery.co.uk

“We used to have a lot of fun. We never had any problems. We always ate. The fact that we didn't have steak? Who had steak?”

Jesse Owens (1913–1980) American track and field athlete

Jesse Owens, Champion Athlete (1990)

“Trump: No, I didn't use the word. I never said the word, Bill. I don't know who told you -- I would never use the word. I didn't say the word. I said, "you can tell them to go [beat of silence] themselves."
O'Reilly: But the lips kind of moved in the --
Trump: Well, they might have. No, I didn't say the word. I wouldn't do that. Even I -- hey Bill, even I wouldn't do that, okay. No, I never said the word.”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

On an interview on The O'Reilly Factor (6 February 2016)
2010s, 2016, February

“So when all the yielding and objections is over, the other Senator said, "I object to the remarks of a professional joker being put into the Congressional Record." Taking a dig at me, see? They didn't want any outside fellow contributing.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

Source: Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935), Ch. 9
Context: So when all the yielding and objections is over, the other Senator said, "I object to the remarks of a professional joker being put into the Congressional Record." Taking a dig at me, see? They didn't want any outside fellow contributing. Well, he had me wrong. Compared to them I'm an amateur, and the thing about my jokes is that they don't hurt anybody. You can say they're not funny or they're terrible or they're good or whatever it is, but they don't do no harm. But with Congress — every time they make a joke it's a law. And every time they make a law it's a joke.