Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
Will Rogers
New York Times, September 30 1923 |
There is only one thing that can kill the movies, and that
is education.
Will Rogers
Autobiography (1949) |
Income tax has made more liars out of the American people
than golf has.
Will Rogers
The Illiterate Digest (1924), "Helping
the Girls with their Income Taxes" |
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody
Else.
Will Rogers
The Illiterate Digest (1924), "Warning
to Jokers: lay off the prince" |
You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
Will Rogers
New York Times August 31 1924 |
Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.
Will Rogers
Newspaper article, February 15, 1925 |
You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for
in every war they kill you in a new way.
Will Rogers
New York Times, December 23, 1929 |
You give but little when you give of your possessions.
It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
Will Rogers
The Prophet, On Giving |
Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't
work.
Will Rogers
Weekly Articles (1981), first published
1927 |
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with
the time we have rushed through life trying to save.
Will Rogers
Letter in New York Times, April 29, 1930 |