Will Rogers Quotes

United States, Stage Actor
November 4, 1879 – August, 15, 1935.

William Penn Adair Rogers was an American stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, American cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. He was a Cherokee citizen born in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.

Also known as Humorist, Performer, Cowboy, Commentator, Columnist

I would love to see Mr. (Henry) Ford in there, really. I don't know who started the idea that a President must be a Politician instead of a Business man. A Politician can't run any other kind of business. So there is no reason why he can run the U.S. That's the biggest single business in the World.

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- Running
- Reason
- President
Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans

Will Rogers

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

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If America ever passes out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone: America died from a delusion she had Moral Leadership.

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- Moral
- Nations
- Delusion
Work to make a living; serve to make a life.

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- Life
- Living
- Make
The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.

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After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him... The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.

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The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back

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- Political
- Worth
- Witty

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

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- Running
- Play
- Government
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

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- Reading
- Comedian
- Cowboy