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
land giving insulting
One thing I will say about the Germans, they are always perfectly willing to give somebody's land to somebody else
political reform impossible
A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform.
people political awful
It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it.
government people dont-change
People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.
party office political
There's no way in the world you're going to make a political party respectable unless you keep it out of office.
evil temptation lobbyists
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.
horse reading giving
A foreigner coming here and reading the Congressional Record would say that the President of the United States was elected solely for the purpose of giving Senators somebody to call a horse thief.
men knows
I'll bet you the time ain't far off when a woman won't know any more than a man.
agriculture trying rotation
Rotation of crops and less automobiles will relieve the farmers whenever they decide to try it.
home people would-be
Now these fellows in Washington wouldn't be so serious and particular if they only had to vote on what they thought was good for the majority of the people in the U.S. That would be a cinch. But what makes it hard for them is every time a bill comes up they have things to decide that have nothing to do with the merit of the bill. The principal thing is of course: What will this do for me personally back home?
hurt body blame
Never blame a legislative body for not doing something. When they do nothing, that don't hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become dangerous.
amusement discouragement source
Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.
four burglary congress
Hurray! Congress is to adjourn! Only four more days of Congressional burglary on the Treasury!
funny country humor
I am just an old country boy in a big town trying to get along. I have been eating pretty regular and the reason I have been is because I have stayed an old country boy.