1,171 Quotes by Will Rogers

Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true.

There is something about a Republican that you can only stand him for so long; and on the other hand, there is something about a Democrat that you can't stand him quite that long.

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.

If you can build a business up big enough, it's respectable.

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.

There is not a man in the country that can't make a living for himself and his family. But he can't make a living for them AND the government, too, the way his government is living. What the government has got to do is live as cheap as the people.

Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco.