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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Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.

Will Rogers

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

Will Rogers

If the other fellow sells cheaper than you, it is called dumping. 'Course, if you sell cheaper than him, that's mass production.

Will Rogers

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

Will Rogers

When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.

Will Rogers

One Ad is worth more to a paper than forty Editorials.

Will Rogers

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.

Will Rogers

An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.

Will Rogers

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Will Rogers

Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation.

Will Rogers

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Will Rogers

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Will Rogers

If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

Will Rogers

Cuando amamos, el amor es demasiado grande para caber entero en nosotros; irradia hacia la persona amada, encuentra en ella una superficie que lo detiene, lo obliga a regresar hacia su punto de partida y ese rebote de nuestro propio cariño es lo que...

Will Rogers

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

Will Rogers

Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.

Will Rogers

There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

Will Rogers

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

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Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.

Will Rogers

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.

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Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Will Rogers

Author Bio

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