The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.
WILL ROGERSOn account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
More Will Rogers Quotes
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Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won’t work.
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Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.
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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
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I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.
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The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn’t still be a farmer.
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All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that’s an alibi for my ignorance.
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There are men running governments who shouldn’t be allowed to play with matches.
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Always drink upstream from the herd.
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The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, ‘How is the president?’
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We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
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Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
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You’ve got to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.
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Buy land. They ain’t making any more of the stuff.
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When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.
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People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
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