Quotes by Will Rogers

About Will Rogers:

William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator and stage and motion picture actor. He became one of the most famous American media stars during the 1920s and 1930s.
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There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

Will Rogers

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Will Rogers

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.

Will Rogers

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.

Will Rogers

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

Will Rogers

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.

Will Rogers

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

Will Rogers

Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest ra...

Will Rogers

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

Will Rogers

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

Will Rogers

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.

Will Rogers

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

Will Rogers

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

Will Rogers

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Will Rogers

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

Will Rogers

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.

Will Rogers

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

Will Rogers

Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.

Will Rogers

Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.

Will Rogers

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

Will Rogers

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth.

Will Rogers

Author Bio

  • NameWill Rogers
  • DescriptionAmerican actor
  • BornNovember 4, 1879
  • DiedAugust 15, 1935
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Politician