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
comedian lasts serious
A comedian can only last till he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious.
hands looks politician
You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.
peculiar welfare hog
We are sure living in a peculiar time. You get morefor not working than you will for working, and morefor not raising a hog than for raising it.
country work dinner
If all the time consumed in attending dinners and luncheons was consumed in some work, the production of this country would be doubled
laughter long happens
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else, but when it happens to you, why it seems to lose some of its Humor, and if it keeps on happening, why the entire laughter kinder Fades out of it.
theatre looks rich
The theater is a great equalizer: it is the only place where the poor can look down on the rich.
talking progress
We do more talking progress than we do progressing.
business government needs
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid.
flying succeed human-nature
Well, the disarmament conference is off to a flying start. There is nothing to prevent their succeeding now but human nature.
hate war ems
The French couldn't hate us any more unless we helped 'em out in another war.
may forget should
We may elevate ourselves but we should never reach so high that we would every forget those who helped us get there.
tired trouble minutes
American invents everything, but the trouble is we get tired of it the minute the new is wore off.
home trouble miles
When you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you've got to have been looking for it.
people habit born
I was born because it was a habit in those days, people didn't know anything else.