There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
WILL ROGERSAn onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
More Will Rogers Quotes
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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.
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Common sense ain’t common.
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The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.
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The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.
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Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.
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It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it.
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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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Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.
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Democrats are the only reason to vote for Republicans.
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The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.
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It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.
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An onion can make people cry but there’s never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.
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Always drink upstream from the herd.
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Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won’t work.
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We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs.
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On 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.
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Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.
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You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.
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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 two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.
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The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
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People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
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Don’t gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.
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We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
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Never miss a good chance to shut up.
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Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
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