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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Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space
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Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold
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If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone 'America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership'.
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If these refugees had come to Texas and called call centers, most of them, instead of getting help, would have gotten busy signals,
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I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this -- no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.
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So get a few laughs and do the best you can. Don't have an ideal to work for. That's like riding towards the mirage of a lake.
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So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.
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So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip
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On account of us 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
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My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.
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My ancestors didn't come over in the Mayflower -- they met the boat.
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My father was one eighth Cherokee and my mother one fourth Cherokee, which I figure makes me about an eighth cigar-store Injun.
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Maybe ain't ain't so correct, but I notice that lots of folks who ain't using ain't ain't eating.
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Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans.