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
clothes office tree
Say did you read in the papers about a bunch of Women up in British Columbia as a protest against high taxes, sit out in the open naked, and they wouldent put their clothes on? The authorities finally turned a Sprayer that you use on trees, on 'em. That may lead into quite a thing. Woman comes into the tax office nude, saying I won't pay. Well they can't search her and get anything. It sounds great. How far is it to British Columbia?
should-have clothes gasoline
The sales tax is the best and most equitable tax. The gasoline tax, which is nothing but a sales tax, has proven painless, productive and punitive. Everything we buy should have its equal proportion of tax, outside of cheap food and cheap clothes.
matter wrong
What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't but one thing wrong with every one of us -- and that's selfishness.
blame changed children joining
We changed with the times, so we can't blame the children for just joining the times without even having to change.
keeps memories office short voters
The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office
lust women
The whole thing about the women is, they lust to be misunderstood
anybody economist given good guess happen liable man
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.
funny happening
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to someone else
appearing possible
Say as little as possible while appearing to be awake.
constitution drunks
Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.
bite ready somebody
We do not know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it
form lazy opinion saying
Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion
run sit
Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
dry everybody polls sober south stagger vote
The South is dry and will vote dry. That is, everybody sober enough to stagger to the polls will.