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
honesty business successful
Ability is all right but if it is not backed up by honesty and public confidence you will never be a successful person. The best a man can do is to arrive at the top in his chosen profession. I have always maintained that one profession is deserving of as much honor as another provided it is honorable.
too-much treasury congressman
That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.
running country government
Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.
death war civilization
You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.
ignorance bounds knows
When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.
funny sarcastic hurt
A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
funny thinking aggravation
If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.
inspiration political-will justice
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
funny laughter food
An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
funny way lawyer
The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
running government years
On account of 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.
humor feet law-students
Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.
jail political-will independence
There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.
funny humor government
It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.