1,171 Quotes by Will Rogers

Will Rogers used to say he wouldn’t run for president no matter how badly the country needed a comedian.

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven.

Never miss a chance to shut up.

What’s the matter with the world? Why, there ain’t nothing but one word wrong with everyone of us, and that’s selfishness.

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That’s one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.

Our public men are speaking every day on something, but they ain’t saying anything.

The farmers can be thankful. Didn’t the Farm Board decide in Washington last week that they could have cheaper interest? All the farmers have to do now is to find something new to put up as security.

Why don’t somebody print the truth about our present economic situation? We spent six years of wild buying on credit – everything under the sun, whether we needed it or not – and now we are having to pay for ’em, and we are howling like a pet coon.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don’t get wet you can keep.