1,171 Quotes by Will Rogers

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one

People should be more concerned with the return of their principal than the return on their principal.

Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it's called golf.

Millions and millions of people don't pay an income tax, because they don't earn enough to pay on one, but you pay a land tax whether it ever did or ever will earn you a penny. You should pay on things that you buy outside of bare necessities. I think this sales tax is the best tax we have had in years.

We know lots of things we didn't use to know but we don't know any way to prevent 'em from happening.

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.

Civilization has taught us to eat with a fork, but even now if nobody is around we use our fingers.

Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.

It's one of the most progressive cities in the world. Shooting is only a sideline.