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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Don't just grab at the first thing that comes along. . . . Know when to refuse something that won't get you anywhere.
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An economist is a man that can tell you . . . what can happen under any given condition, and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's too.
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No nation ought to be allowed to enter into a war until it's paid for the last one.
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No nation ever had two better friends than we have. You know who they are? The Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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No matter what you weigh, the little fellow is your equal on a horse.
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It was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me. Betty is to blame for it all. Whatever I am or have accomplished, I owe to Betty. I ain't got no sense. My wife made me what I am. In other words -- local girl makes good in the city -- makes good man.
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It's a fine motion picture up to the point where God finishes and the script writer takes over.
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The whole thing about the women is, they lust to be misunderstood
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This is the only country that ever went to the poorhouse in an automobile.
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Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you do not know when it is through if you are a crook or a martyr.
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That's one good thing about wars. It takes smarter men to figure out who loses 'em than it does to start 'em.
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The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.
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A comedian can only last 'til he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious.
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A Congressman is never any better than his roads, and sometimes worse.