Will Rogers Quotes

Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in the hands of Mr. Rockefeller, who will take care of it and see it has a good home and never be allowed to wander around unprotected again. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.

Common sense ain't common.

It's not what we don't know that hurts. It's what we know that ain't so.

When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.

A fool and his money are soon elected.

No party is as bad as its state and national leaders.

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

It's almost been worth this depression to find out how little our big men know.

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

This would be a great world to dance in if we didn't have to pay the fiddler.

The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match.

There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country, and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs.

One thing we got to be thankful for our Soldiers can win wars faster than our Diplomats can talk us into them,

If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?

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