Authors - Will Rogers
Brief Biography
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator and motion picture actor. He was one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s. - Wikipedia
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Quote 1202by Anonymous on 11/01/2011
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Quote 1850by Anonymous on 16/01/2011
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives.
Quote 1906by Anonymous on 19/01/2011
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
Quote 1989by Anonymous on 20/01/2011
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
Quote 2547by Anonymous on 02/02/2011
I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage.
Quote 2821by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person don't be surprised if they learn their lesson.
Quote 2851by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Quote 2854by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back.
Quote 2909by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Quote 3059by Anonymous on 03/02/2011
Live so that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Quote 3588by Anonymous on 07/02/2011
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Quote 3827by Anonymous on 10/02/2011
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
Quote 3835by Anonymous on 12/02/2011
I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!
Quote 4587by Anonymous on 23/02/2011
If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
Quote 4700by Anonymous on 25/02/2011
The more you read about politics, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
Quote 4808by Anonymous on 01/03/2011
Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.
Quote 5854by Anonymous on 31/08/2011
Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
Quote 7200by Anonymous on 27/10/2011
I bet you if I had met him [Trotsky] and had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I never yet met a man that I didn't like.
Quote 8049by Anonymous on 09/04/2012
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Quote 8458by Anonymous on 14/05/2012
Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.
Quote 8573by Anonymous on 18/05/2012
If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.
Quote 9174by Anonymous on 24/06/2012
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.
Quote 9275by Anonymous on 07/07/2012
The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's 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.
Quote 10422by Anonymous on 03/10/2012
America is the best half-educated country in the world.
Quote 10496by Anonymous on 08/10/2012
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do today.
Quote 11362by Anonymous on 15/12/2012
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
Quote 11386by Anonymous on 25/12/2012
I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
Quote 11413by Anonymous on 27/12/2012
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.
Quote 11495by Anonymous on 05/01/2013
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
Quote 11768by Anonymous on 21/01/2013
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Quote 11790by Anonymous on 22/01/2013
People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.
Quote 13357by Anonymous on 11/07/2013
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
Quote 13597by Anonymous on 08/08/2013
It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
Quote 13624by Anonymous on 10/08/2013
For the merchant, even honesty is a financial speculation.
Quote 13756by Anonymous on 29/08/2013
As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States.
Quote 13846by Anonymous on 10/09/2013
The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.
