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
cherokee eighth father figure fourth mother
My father was one eighth Cherokee and my mother one fourth Cherokee, which I figure makes me about an eighth cigar-store Injun.
eight towns newspapers
I read about eight newspapers in a day. When I'm in a town with only one newspaper, I read it eight times.
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(At the time) it was managed by eight different agencies and no one was protecting it. If that study hadn't been done the city might not have had the creek preserved.
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We're doing everything in our power to make sure all the names are spelled correctly. We have up to eight weeks before they deliver the monument from Vermont to make any corrections in the spellings.
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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.
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
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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
appearing possible
Say as little as possible while appearing to be awake.
constitution drunks
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
form lazy opinion saying
Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion