People noted wry homespun commentary of American humorist William Penn Adair Rogers, known as Will, on society and politics.
This Cherokee cowboy, comedian, vaudeville performer, and actor fathered Will Rogers Jr., the congressman and veteran of World War II.
A mother bore Rogers, known as favorite son of Oklahoma, into a prominent family. This world-famous figure traveled around the world three times, made 50 silent films and 21 "talkie" movies, and wrote more than four thousand nationally-syndicated newspaper columns.
The American people adored Rogers, the top-paid movie star in Hollywood at the time before the mid-1930s. Rogers died with aviator Wiley Post, whose small airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska territory.
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
“I never met a man I didn't like.”
“If you can't identify it, don't stick it in your mouth.”
“Never kick a cow chip on a hot day.”
“Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.”
“If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.”
“So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.”
“Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on Earth.”
“What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.”
“You know, everybody's ignorant, just on different subjects.”
“Personally, I have always felt that the best doctor in the world is the Veterinarian. He can't ask his patients what is the matter...he's just got to know.”
“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.”
“America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.”
“There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.”
“Живите затварят очите на мъртвите, мъртвите отварят очите на живите”
“When you're through learning, you're through.”
“Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.”
“The best way to make a fire with two sticks is to make sure one of them is a match.”
“Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ”
“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”
“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
“I never met a person that I did not want to like”
“It's almost been worth this depression to find out how little our big men know.”
“The more you read and observe about this Politics thing,you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.The one that's out always looks the best”
“Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.”
“Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.”
“I joked about every prominent man in my lifetime, but I never met one I didn't like.”
“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.”
“you can't say civilization dont advance, in every war they kill you in a new way”
“It's a good thing the American people aren't getting all the government they're paying for.”
“Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was.”
“Give her a day, and then in return Momma gives you the other 364.”
“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.”
“A man that don’t love a horse, there is something the matter with him.”
“Even if you are on the right track, but just sit there, you will still get run over.”
“Most men are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
“Plans get you into things but you've got to work your way out.”
“I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat.”
“If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?”
“When you find youself in a hole - stop digging.”
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”
“Always drink upstream from the herd.”
“Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're actually paying for.”
“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.”
“It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.”
“You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.”
“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”
“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”
“Ignorance lies not in the things you don't know, but in the things you know that ain't so.”