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
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.
stars sleep self
The self persists like a dying star, In sleep, afraid.
want killing machinery
Technocracy wants to do everything by machinery. Machinery is doing just fine. If it can't kill you, it will put you out of work.
war home killing
You can be killed just as dead in an unjustified war as you can in one protecting your own home.
humorous names two
The Democrats are going to change the name of the Hoover Dam. That is the silliest thing I ever heard of in politics . . . Lord if they feel that way about it, I don't see why they don't just reverse the two words.
humorous should-have class
Every Harvard class should have one Democrat to rescue it from oblivion.
mean men paper
I see by the papers that they are going to do away with all the nuisance taxes. That means that a man can get a marriage license for nothing.
cutting winning want
They are having quite an argument over Treasury Secretary Mellon's Tax Bill. Mr. Mellon wants to cut the surtax on the rich, and leave it as is on the poor, as there is more poor than rich. I suppose the majority will win.