Will Rogers Quotes

Great things have been effected by a few men well conducted.

I have given the United States half the territory they possess, and for them to suffer me to remain in poverty, in consequence of it, will not redound much to their honor hereafter.

The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces.

Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction.

I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture.

There is no such thing as a paper loss. A paper loss is a very real loss.

My basic advise is don't lose money

Silence is so powerful, so important. There is so much to be learned from it.

Unfortunately politicians are not very sound people or they wouldn't be politicians.

I like you just the way you are.

The City of London and Wall Street are not going to be great places to be in the next two or three decades. It's going to be the people who produce real goods in charge – the farmers and the miners.

The purpose of life is to listen - to yourself, to your neighbor, to your world and to God and, when the time comes, to respond in as helpful a way as you can find ... from within and without.

The most sensible skill that I can give to somebody born in 2003 is a perfect command of Mandarin.

Cities are about juxtaposition.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

Players who stand flat footed and swing with their arms are golfers, not hitters.

You cannot obey God without your obedience spilling out in a blessing to all those around you.

Christmas is telling time-wondering time. Wonder enough about it, and you'll know, and you'll tell about it.

Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

Government investigations have always contributed more to our amusement than they have to our knowledge.

The more ignorant you are, the quicker you fight.

Men study science as god not the God of science.

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there

Don't let a little sin in; all hell will break loose.

You must judge a man's greatness by how much he will be missed.

Democrats never agree on anything, that's why they're Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with public officials.

You can't really live until you are no longer afraid to die.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

Don't make decisions by majority vote. The majority is almost always wrong.

I'm not a member of an organized party. I'm a Democrat.

The Word of the Lord endures forever. The Bible is to judge us; we're not to judge the Bible.

Rumor travels faster, but it don't stay put as long as truth.

There are three categories of people in America: those who are afraid, those who don't know enough to be afraid, and those who know their Bibles.

Like most actors, I've always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for performers to get hot food after the show.

I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person.

You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.

You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.

You are not saved by your works. You work because youre saved.

Thank God for the Bible, the Word of God.

Hollywood is like an empty wastebasket.

You know, a Communist's whole life work is based on complaint of how everything is done.... So if they ever get their country running good they will defeat their own cause.

In Europe public men do resign. But here it's a lost art. You have to impeach 'em.

The day of judgment will be a day when the skeletons come out of the closets! And each of us will be standing there to face the record.

Get inside information from the president and you will probably lose half of your money. If you get it from the chairman of the board, you will lose all of it.

You could transfer Congress over to run Standard Oil or General Motors, and they would have both things bankrupt in two years.

If you don't like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute and it'll change.

God grades on the Cross not on the curve.

Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.