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
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The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
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If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive.
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Higher education is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of Nevada.
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Become that rare person where people know that your word is your bond and you're going to do exactly what you say you're going to do.
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I know there has long been a great frustration among the African Americans in Nevada over their belief that we have not adequately responded to their desires to become more educated and more productive citizens.
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I really did believe that the most successful investments were the ones that you could own for the long run.
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No individual has a vested right to a job when that individual fails to perform adequately.
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It took the United States until 1920 to give women the franchise and another 40 or 50 years to start utilizing women's potential. How many women of incredible potential did we fail and what achievements were lost to all because we never tapped that potential?
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It makes no difference how low tuition is if the student has no source of funds to pay that tuition.
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It is very different trying to help a community organization than trying to sell yourself or sell a product.
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Academics often discount the value of top-rated sports programs in helping to develop a campus life and in contributing to the overall success of a college or university. Like it or not, the sports programs a college or university has are the front page of that university.
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The new rule of thumb is that 80% of a president's time must be spent in raising funds for their schools.
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No state legislature ever built a great university.
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There's no statistical evidence that human beings have an ability to move in and out of the markets effectively. It's next to impossible.