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Will Rogers

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Will Rogers (1879–1935) was an American humorist, actor, and social commentator who became one of the most beloved public figures of the early 20th century. Known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son," Rogers used his folksy humor and common-sense observations to comment on politics and everyday life in a way that transcended party lines.

“We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business?”

— Will Rogers

Business

All Quotes by Will Rogers

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

— Will Rogers

Life

“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”

— Will Rogers

Experience

“Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.”

— Will Rogers

War

“I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.”

— Will Rogers

Funny

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

— Will Rogers

Business

“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”

— Will Rogers

Government

“People are getting smarter nowadays they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.”

— Will Rogers

Legal

“Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.”

— Will Rogers

Money

“I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”

— Will Rogers

Government

“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.”

— Will Rogers

Funny

“The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”

— Will Rogers

Politics

“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.”

— Will Rogers

Finance

“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”

— Will Rogers

Best

“The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.”

— Will Rogers

Business

“It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.”

— Will Rogers

Government

“You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.”

— Will Rogers

War

“Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.”

— Will Rogers

Money

“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.”

— Will Rogers

Education

“Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.”

— Will Rogers

Government

“Make crime pay. Become a lawyer.”

— Will Rogers

Legal