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
america delusion died great moral nation ought pass tombstone
If we ever pass out as a great nation we ought to put on our tombstone 'America died from a delusion that she had moral leadership'.
education ignorance america
America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.
father america calling
I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
war america waiting
We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it.
men america interesting
I bet you, if I had met Trotsky, and had had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I have never yet met a man I didn't like.
men america laughing
Nothing makes a man, or a body of men, as mad as the truth. If there is no truth in it, they laugh it off.
hurt america election
I guess truth can hurt you worse in an election than about anything that can happen to you.
america house body
You see, in Washington they have these bodies, Senate and the House of Representatives. That is for the convenience of the visitors. If there is nothing funny happening in one, there is sure to be in the other, and in case one body passes a good bill, why, the other can see it in time and kill it.
past america looks
We are always yapping about the 'Good Old Days' and how we look back and enjoy it, but I tell you there is a lot of hooey to it. There is a whole lot of all our past lives that wasn't so hot.
laughter america long
All one has to do to get one's stuff in the Congressional Record is to find a stenographer that can stay awake long enough to take it down. Then you mark in the 'Applause' and 'Laughter' parts yourself.
talking america people
This stuff they are talking here in Congress costs the people of the United States $44 a page. That's beside what it costs to ship it to the asylums where it's read.
thinking america people
The problem in America isn't so much what people don't know; the problem is what people think they know that just ain't so.
country ideas america
Our president delivered his State of the Union message to Congress. That is one of the things his contract calls for -- to tell congress the condition of the country. This message, as I say, is to Congress. 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.
honesty native-american blood
I have Indian Blood in me. I have just enough white blood for you to question my honesty!