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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Politicians are dumb, but they can count to 50% plus 1.
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Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
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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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Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches
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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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Mayor Scott and I go to the same church. He's a friend of mine ... I just think I can provide stronger leadership.
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One revolution is just like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next
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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.