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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.

“Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.”

— Will Rogers

Art

All Quotes by Will Rogers

“It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.”

— Will Rogers

Business

“The best way out of a difficulty is through it.”

— Will Rogers

Best

“An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.”

— Will Rogers

Business

“I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.”

— Will Rogers

Sports

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

— Will Rogers

Funny

“The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.”

— Will Rogers

Best

“We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.”

— Will Rogers

Equality

“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

“Instead of giving money to found colleges to promote learning, why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as good as the Prohibition one did, why, in five years we would have the smartest race of people on earth.”

— Will Rogers

Good

“I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.”

— Will Rogers

Funny

“Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.”

— Will Rogers

Art

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

— Will Rogers

War

“The United States never lost a war or won a conference.”

— Will Rogers

War

“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

“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

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

— Will Rogers

Business

“Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.”

— Will Rogers

War

“Liberty doesn't work as well in practice as it does in speeches.”

— Will Rogers

Work

“If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”

— Will Rogers

Love

“In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in the Olympics in the day time.”

— Will Rogers

Time