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
peace war fall
Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
peaceful street
There was a dead-end street when I got married. It was quiet, peaceful and there were no factories.
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This might help them understand just how different things were around here back then. My relatives had rested peacefully for more than 100 years in that little cemetery, which begs the question: Was it just dumb luck that they had never been disturbed before? Or is this evidence that our society's most basic standards of human decency are eroding?
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Code Enforcement will be provided noise meters. Off-highway vehicle riders cannot disturb the peace.
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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.
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
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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.
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