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
thinking people littles
There is a terrible lot of us who don't think that we come from a monkey, but if there are some people who think that they do, why, it's not our business to rob them of what little pleasure they might get out of imagining it.
ignorant stuff different
We're all ignorant, just about different stuff.
country ideas america
The rest of the people know the condition of the country, for they live in it, but Congress has no idea what is going on in America, so the President has to tell 'em.
race years people
On prohibiting anybody from learning anything: Why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.
successful want ifs
If you want to be successful, love what you are doing.
mother race people
Mothers are the only race of people that speak the same tongue. A mother in Manchuria could converse with a mother in Nebraska and never miss a word.
lines originality
Originality will be rewarded in any line.
mother years understanding
My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.
men strange kind
I never met a man I didn't get a kind of strange and exciting tingling sensation from.
long rumor may
Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth.... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.
saving next charity
That's the trouble with our charities; we are always saving somebody away off, when the fellow next to us ain't eating.
men years laughing
A woman can make a man feel older or younger than his years if she so chooses. Being a woman is a terribly difficult task since it consists principally in dealing with men. Women were made with a sense of humor so they could love men instead of laughing at them.
long mind fellows
When a fellow ain't got much mind, it don't take him long to make it up.
men artist claims
If a man ain't nothin' else, then he's an artist. It's the only thing he can claim to be that nobody can prove he ain't.