106 result(s) for Famous Will Rogers Quotes.
"The best thing about America is that the people are very nice."
"There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
"It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts."
"Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death."
"I can only see my way clear to a little of it at a time, as I have to keep an eye on the horizon to know if I am heading for a cliff."
"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by."
"You can’t say that civilization don’t advance… in every war, they kill you in a new way."
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"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."
"When you’re in a hole, stop digging."
"The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they aren't."
"Money may not buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable."
"As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything."
"So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip."
"The only trouble with success is that it takes so long."
"The most difficult thing about being a comedian is getting up to tell a joke after a successful show."
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
"A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries."
"The only way to win is to get out of the game."
"The quickest way to become an old-timer is to be afraid of making a mistake."
"Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like."
"There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither one works."
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"I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
"Plans are nothing; planning is everything."
"If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in the i.e. rave reviews of this movie, we'd be millionaires."
"You know, you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas lights."
"I’m not a member of any organized political party. I’m a Democrat."
"There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you."
"The worst morning I ever had. It looked like it couldn’t get no worse. I knew I had the luck of the Irish."
"As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big."
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment."
"It’s a good thing we don’t get all the government we pay for."
"You can’t say that you outrun a person, but you can outrun your thoughts."
"When I die, my epitaph should read: 'Will Rogers: he never met a man he didn’t like.'"
"We can’t all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by."
"The only way to keep your friends is to stay out of politics."
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"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."
"If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging."
"I never met a man I didn’t like."
"Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there."
"The best thing about a man is his mind; the best thing about a woman is her heart."
"Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children."
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
"A fellow who is always trying to do everything himself is one who is never in the right place at the right time."
"I can't be wrong. If I am wrong, I ought to be right."
"Just because you're on the right track doesn't mean you won't get run over if you just sit there."
"If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these jokes about the government, it would be enough to blow up the moon."
"You can't say that civilization don't advance... in every war, they kill you in a new way."
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."
"I'm not a member of any organized political party. I'm a Democrat."
"When you're riding' a horse, if it steps in the wrong place, you don't change horses, you change places."
"There is no better exercise for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up."
"The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism."
"It’s not what we have, but what we enjoy that constitutes our abundance."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"No man is good enough to be another man’s master."
"I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education."
"I think there should be a law that everybody gets a college education and then you can't be a fella unless you have a degree in good manners."
"We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can."
"The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can be almost sure it was drawn up by a lawyer."
"If we could just get everyone to stop arguing about what we should do and start doing what we can."
"The worst thing about some men is that they forget that they weren't born on third base."
"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock."
"A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of society."
"There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading, the few who learn by observation, and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves."
"In America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels, men and women who dare to die for their rights."
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you rather not."
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
"If you want to be successful, it is just this simple. Know what you are doing, love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing."
"There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works."
"The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces."
"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
"Whenever you’re on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect."
"Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a check."
"It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts."
"There’s a lot of human nature in people."
"The biggest trouble with most of us is that we underestimate our power."
"The man who never made a mistake never made anything."
"When you get a trainload of idiots, you can't expect it to run."
"Our greatest ability as humans is not to change the world, but to change ourselves."
"You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way."
"I never met a man I didn't like."
"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."
"The best way to make a fool out of yourself is to be one."
"The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they backfire."
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went."
"I'm not in government, I'm just an observer. But it's hard to believe that they are really serious about what they are doing."
"There are three kinds of men: The ones that learn by reading, the few who learn by observation, and the rest of them have to pee on the electric fence and find out for themselves."
"There's no business that is not the business of the people in a democracy."
"If you can't impress them with your intelligence, baffle them with your bullshit."
"Buy a pup and your money will buy a place, but a pup will make a man out of you."
"We are all in this together, by ourselves."
"A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people."
"Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like."
"It ain't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that ain't so."
"The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them."
"I can remember going to a favorite restaurant of mine with some friends, and watching my waiter serve a dish that was new to me. It had all the good stuff in it."
"Letting the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier than putting it back in."
"If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging."
"There's a lot of difference between a cover and a coffin."
"We may be in the minority, but we're the minority that gets things done."
"Never miss a good chance to shut up."
"For every complicated problem, there is a simple solution that is wrong."
"If Oklahoma gave me a million dollars, I wouldn't take it."
"You can't say that you didn't know the rules, because it is your business to know them."
"Life is just one damn thing after another."
"The only things that don't change are the things that change."
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