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Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
My little movies have been fairly clean, but when the well-chosen roar against pictures come, I didn’t get sore, and rise on my hind legs and write any editorials. I knew it was coming to us and took it in good faith for I knew in the long run it would do good, and if this old boy don't think that the audience will still laugh at the lawyers at the Bijou Theatre just let him book me for a lecture on lawyers at the Bijou, and come and sit and listen to 'em roar.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Out here I had been putting what little money I had in Ocean Frontage, for the sole reason that there was only so much of it and no more, and that they wasn’t making any more.
Borrowing | Depression | Money |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
It rained in the Middle West. Farmers are learning that the relief they get from the sky beats what they get from Washington.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
It takes quite a sense of humor for these people to understand us shaking hands with one hand and shooting with the other.
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Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Nations will give up their lives (even cheer about it). They will give up their money in order to give up their lives, but to ask one to give up their trade to prevent a war, well, that has never been done.
Money |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Lots of people in Europe wondered how America could train men so quickly. Well, when you only have to train them to go only one way you can do it in half the time.
Better | Government | Money | Government |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Let this country get hungry and they are going to eat, no matter what happens to budgets, income taxes or Wall Street. Washington mustn’t forget who rules when it comes to a show down.
Advertising | Money |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
The more education he gets the less apt he is to be a Democrat and if he is very highly educated he will see the apple sauce in both parties.
Better | Government | Money | Government |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Never blame a legislative body for not doing something. When they do nothing, they don't hurt anybody. When they do something is when they become dangerous.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Congress is so strange; a man gets up to speak and says nothing, nobody listens, and then everybody disagrees.
Children | Good | Government | Inheritance | Money | Government | Think |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Humanity is not yet ready for either real truth or real harmony.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Republicans want a man that can lend dignity to the office. Democrats want a man that will lend some money.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.
Advertising | Money |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
So when all the yielding and objections is over, the other Senator said, "I object to the remarks of a professional joker being put into the Congressional Record." Taking a dig at me, see? They didn't want any outside fellow contributing. Well, he had me wrong. Compared to them I'm an amateur, and the thing about my jokes is that they don't hurt anybody. You can say they're not funny or they're terrible or they're good or whatever it is, but they don't do no harm. But with Congress - every time they make a joke it's a law. And every time they make a law it's a joke.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
The football season is about over. Education never had a more financial year. School will commence now.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights.