"If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit."
— W. C. Fields

January 1, 1970

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The earliest source found in Google Books dates from 1958, 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. — Note, “Bill” is a common salutation for “William.”