Will Rogers quotes will really make you think.
William Penn Adair Rogers was a famous actor, humorist, and political commentator.
He was born on November 4th, 1879, inCherokee Territorynear present-day Claremont, Oklahoma.
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During his childhood, Rogers worked on a ranch, learning to ride horses and do rope tricks.
In 1905 he landed a performance showing off his rope tricks in Madison Square Garden.
In 1912, he starred in his first Broadway performance,The Wall Street Girl.
His most notable films wereA Connecticut Yankee(1931) andState Fair(1933).
His wit and humorous commentary are still noted and remembered today.
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Everybody nowadays is suggesting ways of getting prosperous on somebody elses money.
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But any time he runs second for President, its not an honor.
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The money we spend on government.
And its not a bit better government than we got for one-thirds the money two years ago.
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Nations are just like individuals.
Loan them money, and you lose their friendship.
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It takes nerve to be a Democrat, but it takes money to be a Republican.
The party in power drawing a salary is to be knocked.
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No animal in the world gets quite as hungry as a Democrat.
He would rather make a speech than a dollar.
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Politics aint worrying this country one-tenth as much as parking space.
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If you ever injected truth into politics, you have no politics.
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The biggest praise that a humorist can have is to get your stuff in The Congressional Record.
Just think, my name will be right alongside all those other big humorists.
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The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.
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Why dont they pass a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything?
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Aint it funny how many hundreds of thousands of soldiers we can recruit with nerve.
But we cant find one politician in a million with backbone.
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The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.
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The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.
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Every nation must have its legalized form of gambling.
We have our Wall Street.
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People talk peace, but men give their lifes work to war.
There is apt to be some more war.
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America is a land of opportunity, and dont ever forget it.
What America needs is more mileage out of our parades.
What we need now is a new excuse to go somewhere.
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One good thing about European nations: they cant hate you so bad they wouldnt use you.
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I am not a member of any organized political party.
I am a Democrat.
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Theres the one thing no nation can ever accuse us of, and that is secret diplomacy.
Our foreign dealings are an open book.
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Ohio claims they are due a president as they havent had one since Taft.
Look at the United States; they have not had one since Lincoln.
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America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty.
I will belong to the select few.
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We always want the best man to win an election.
Unfortunately, he never runs.
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One revolution is like one cocktail; it just gets you organized for the next.
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Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they aint saying anything.
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America is a great country, but you cant live in it for nothing.
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The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president.
All he has to do is get up every morning and say, How is the president?
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The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad.
It might be worth it, except they keep coming back.
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When I was a kid, I was told anyone could become President.
Now Im beginning to believe it.
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In the early days of the Indian Territory, there were no such things as birth certificates.
You being there was certificate enough.
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The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations.
Now Congress had turned out some that have lived for years, and people are still laughing about them.
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Everything is changing.
People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.
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We dont give our criminals much punishment, but we sure give em plenty of publicity.
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There aint nothing that breaks up homes, country, and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs.
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The nation is prosperous on the whole, but how much prosperity is there in a hole?
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For every nation and every individual, the principal worry is debt.
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A Congressman is never any better than his roads, and sometimes worse.
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Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely.
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And the thing about my jokes is, they dont hurt anybody.
But with Congress, every time they make a joke, its a law!
And every time they make a law, its a joke!
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America has the best politicians money can buy.
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Liberty doesnt work as well in practice as it does in speeches.
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If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?
If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it cant get us out.
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A fool and his money are soon elected.
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I dont make jokes.
I just watch the government and report the facts.
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There is no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
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The difference between death and taxes is that death doesnt get worse every time Congress meets.
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Government investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to our knowledge.
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A Republican moves slowly.
They are what we call conservatives.
A Democrat is a fellow who never had any but doesnt see any reason why he shouldnt have some.
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There are men running governments who shouldnt be allowed to play with matches.
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Be thankful were not getting all the government were actually paying for.
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Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie until you might find a rock.
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No man is great if he thinks he is.
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I never met a man I didnt like.
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Nothing makes a man broad-minded like adversity.
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Every mans religion is good.
There is none of it bad.
We are all trying to arrive at the same place according to our own conscience and teachings.
It dont matter which road you take.
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You must judge a mans greatness by how much he will be missed.
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Its great to be great, but its greater to be human.
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Its not what you pay a man but what he costs you that counts.
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No man can be condemned for owning a dog.
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Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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Even if youre on the right track, youll get run over if you just sit there.
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Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.
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I joke about prominent men, but at heart, I believe in em.
I do think there is time when traces of dumbness crop up in official life but not crookedness.
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Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.
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Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
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A man in the country does his own thinking.
Get him into town, and he will be thinking second-handed.
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The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation.
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The main thing about being a hero is to know when to die.
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You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
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Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
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After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring.
He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him…
The moral: When youre full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
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Work to make a living; serve to make a life.
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Everything is funny, as long as its happening to somebody else.
Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
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If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
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The more ignorant you are, the quicker you fight.
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More words aint good for anything in the world only to bring on more argument.
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Do the best you’re able to, and dont take life too serious.
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Common sense aint common.
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If you want to be successful, its just this simple.
Know what you are doing.
Love what you are doing.
And believe in what you are doing.
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Dont let yesterday take up too much of today.
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Just because its common sense doesnt mean its common practice.
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The more that learn to read, the less learn how to make a living.
Thats one thing about a little education.
It spoils you for actual work.
The more you know, the more you think somebody owes you a living.
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Make crime pay.
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An economists guess is liable to be as good as anybody elses.
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This Einstein has proven a great comfort to us that always knew we didnt know much.
He has shown us that the fellows that we thought was smart is just as dumb as we are.
If it dont go up, dont buy it.
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I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money.
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Borrowing money on whats called easy terms is a one-way ticket to the Poor House.
If you think it aint a Sucker Game, why is your Banker the richest man in your Town?
Why is your Bank the biggest and finest building in your Town?
But when I got all the words wrong, they declared I was a humorist.
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When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra.
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We do more talking progress than we do progressing.
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If you could build a business up big enough, its respectable.
The best a man can do is to arrive at the top in his chosen profession.
I have always maintained that one profession is deserving of as much honor as another provided it is honorable.
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Things will get better despite our efforts to improve them.
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A vision, without a plan, is just a hallucination.
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Why not go out on a limb?
Thats where the fruit is.
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If you find the right job, youll never have to work a day in your life.
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Other Will Rogers Quotes
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I wonder if it isnt just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.
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I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf.
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Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft.
Today its called golf.
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Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation.
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Im not a real movie star.
Ive still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
That would make traffic so scarce, we could use our boulevards for childrens playgrounds.
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Congressional investigations are for the benefit of photographers.
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Money, horse racing, and women, three things the boys just cant figure out.
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Golf is a wonderful exercise.
you’re free to stand on your feet for hours, watching somebody else putt.
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A comedian can only last til he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious.
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Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion.
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You never know how much a man cant remember until he is called as a witness.
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I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.
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A man that dont love a horse, there is something the matter with him.
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Rumor travels faster, but it doesnt stay put as long as truth.
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If you feel the urge, dont be afraid to go on a wild goose chase.
What do you think wild geese are for anyway?
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Best doctor in the world is a veterinarian.
He cant ask his patients whats the matter.
Hes just got to know.
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I know worrying works because none of the stuff I worried about ever happened.
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Sometimes people deserve a high five, in the face, with a chair.
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There are two theories to arguing with a woman.
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Golf is good for the soul.
You get so mad at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
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Lettin the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier n puttin it back in.
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