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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A comedian can only last 'til he either takes himself serious or his audience takes him serious.
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It's the fellow who knows when to quit that the audience wants more of.
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The skew of the audience has probably dropped 10 years, ... Older people don't have the spontaneity and the energy. You mix in 15-percent young kids and the older people enjoy the show more.
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The speaker did an excellent job. What made it really good was that he spoke at a student level, rather than at the level he could have and that helped the audience understand better.
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What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't but one thing wrong with every one of us -- and that's selfishness.
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We changed with the times, so we can't blame the children for just joining the times without even having to change.
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The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office
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The whole thing about the women is, they lust to be misunderstood
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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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Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else
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Say as little as possible while appearing to be awake.
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Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
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We do not know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it
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Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion