Will Rogers
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogerswas an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 November 1879
CountryUnited States of America
running business home
Say, this new home building idea of President Hoover's sounds good. They are working out a lot of beneficial things. The only thing is it took 'em so long to think of any of 'em. We ought to have plans in case of depression, just like we do in case of fire, 'Walk, don't run, to the nearest exit.'
real eye years
Here is my Farm Relief bill: Every time a Southerner plants nothing on his farm but cotton year after year, and the Northerner nothing but wheat or corn, why, take a hammer and hit him twice right between the eyes. You may dent your hammer, but it will do more real good than all the bills you can pass in a year.
thinking years land
Millions and millions of people don't pay an income tax, because they don't earn enough to pay on one, but you pay a land tax whether it ever did or ever will earn you a penny. You should pay on things that you buy outside of bare necessities. I think this sales tax is the best tax we have had in years.
mean practice common-sense
Just because it's common sense, doesn't mean it's common practice.
thinking wild-geese goes-on
If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?
lying ignorance knows
Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.
reputation lifetime minutes
It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.
country inspiration men
Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat.
eggs ham newspapers
Take me ham away, take away my eggs, even my Chili, but leave me my newspaper.
trying way conventions
Every day you meet a delegation going to some convention to try and change the way of somebody else's life.
father america calling
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
funny sarcastic book
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
fall hair looks
The only thing that can stop hair from falling ... is the floor.
world argument
More words ain't good for anything in the world only to bring on more argument.