Will Rogers
Will Rogers
William Penn Adair "Will" Rogerswas an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth4 November 1879
CountryUnited States of America
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When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise 'em. That's statesmanship of the highest order.
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There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country, and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs.
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My father was one eighth Cherokee and my mother one fourth Cherokee, which I figure makes me about an eighth cigar-store Injun.
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That's one good thing about wars. It takes smarter men to figure out who loses 'em than it does to start 'em.
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That was something I figured I really knew a lot about, and I was looking forward to having a program where the biggest thing you talked about was maybe the game the night before.
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I was surprised, but I figured the kid deserved it. It's not appropriate for today, but when I was in school it was OK.
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I couldn't figure out if she was a robot or a real person! It's fascinating.
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It was about 5:30 in the morning and we were awakened by the sound of what we figured out was bullets ricocheting off the side of the boat.
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It made me play a lot more loose. I figured I already made a joke of myself, so just go out and play. I had nothing to lose.
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And then as I looked around and noticed many other stones, all broken in the same way, I was sickened as I realized that this was an act of vandalism. When I collected myself, I was determined to figure out how to repair the stones, and help the other families repair theirs as well.
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An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.
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If you send somebody to teach somebody, be sure that the system you are teaching is better than the system they are practicing.
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I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.
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The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr.