Will Rogers Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

65 Famous Quotes by Will Rogers
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“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you”
Government Quotes
“Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.”
Advertising Quotes
“America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.”
America and americans Quotes
“About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.”
America and americans Quotes
“When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.”
America and americans Quotes
“You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.”
Civilization Quotes
“Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting a new coach”
College Quotes
“In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait.”
Commerce Quotes
“Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work”
Communism Quotes
“If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.”
Congress Quotes
“Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.”
Diplomacy Quotes
“Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”
Gossip Quotes
“We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”
Heroism Quotes
“When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds”
Ignorance Quotes
“There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking”
Inventions Quotes
“The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"”
Jobs Quotes
“I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it”
Journalism Quotes
“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people”
Learning Quotes
“All I know is what I read in the papers”
Newspapers Quotes
“Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”
Politicians Quotes
“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”
Politics Quotes
“You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one”
Politics Quotes
“Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest thing to hold”
Popularity Quotes
“Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.”
Prohibition Quotes
“Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.”
Voting Quotes