I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report
the facts.
Will Rogers
Quoted in Saturday Review, August 25, 1962 |
It's great to be great, but its greater to be human.
Will Rogers
Autobiography (1949) |
The movies are the only business where you can go out front
and applaud yourself.
Will Rogers
Quoted in The Image by Daniel Boorstin |
See what will happen if you don't stop biting your fingernails?
Will Rogers
To his niece on seeing the Venus de Milo |
Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.
Will Rogers
The Illiterate Digest (1924), "Politics
Getting Ready to Jell" |
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you
got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one
that's out always looks the best.
Will Rogers
The Illiterate Digest (1924), "Breaking
into the Writing Game" |
I bet you if I had met him [Trotsky] and had a chat with him,
I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow,
for I never yet met a man that I didn't like.
Will Rogers
Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 6, 1926 |
Everybody is ignorant. Only on different subjects.
Will Rogers
The Illiterate Digest (1924) |
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your
parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers |
My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were
there to meet the boat.
Will Rogers |