1,171 Quotes by Will Rogers

The only real diplomacy ever performed by a diplomat is in deceiving their own people after their dumbness has got them into a war.

They are each good when they are out, and each bad when they are in.

Now I am not unpatriotic, and I want to do my bit, so I hereby offer my services to my President, my country and my friends to do anything, outside of serving on a commission, that I can in this great movement. But you will have to give me some idea of where "confidence" is. And just who you want it restored to.

Americans are getting like a Ford car, they all have the same exact parts, the same upholstering and make exactly the same noises.

I wonder if it isn't just cowardice instead of generosity that makes us give tips.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

When they do nothing, they don't hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become dangerous.

Statistics have proven that the surest way to get anything out of the public mind and never hear of it again is to have a Senate committee appointed to look into it.

I am telling folks that the Country as a whole is "Sound," and that all those who's heads are solid are bound to get back into the market again. I tell 'em that this Country is bigger than Wall Street, and if they don't believe it, I show 'em the map.