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Will Rogers Quotes - Page 19

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Every man gets an opportunity once in a lifetime.

Every man gets an opportunity once in a lifetime.

Inspirational, Opportunity, Men

There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing.

Horse, Riding, Equestrian

Will Rogers, James Smallwood, Steven K. Gragert (1982). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover years, 1929-1931”

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

Funny, Sarcastic, Horse

"Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Roosevelt Years, 1933-1935".

Nothing makes a man broad-minded like adversity.

Adversity, Men, Open Minded

It looks like the financial giants of the world have bungled as much as the diplomats and politicians. This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something.

Business, Men, Giants

Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

When everybody has got money they cut taxes, and when they're broke they raise them. That's statesmanship of the highest order.

Money, Cutting, Order

I was born because it was a habit in those days, people didn't know anything else ... I was not a Child Prodigy, because a Child Prodigy is a child who knows as much when it is a child as it does when it grows up.

Children, Growing Up, Kids

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Opportunity rarely knocks on your door. Knock rather on opportunity's door if you ardently wish to enter.

Running, Opportunity, Doors

People should be more concerned with the return of their principal than the return on their principal.

People, Return, Should

I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat.

Political, Body, Politics

I would never make a good economist. You know, an economist is a man that can tell you anything about — well, he will tell you what can happen under any given condition — and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's, too.

Business, Inspiration, Economics

"The Will Rogers Scrapbook".

I love words but I don't like strange ones. You don't understand them and they don't understand you. Old words is like old friends, you know 'em the minute you see 'em.

Writing, Old Friends, Ems

Will Rogers, James Smallwood, Steven K. Gragert (1982). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Hoover years, 1929-1931”

Your mothers get mighty shocked at you girls nowadays, but in her day, her mother was just on the verge of sending her to reform school.

Girl, Mother, Wisdom

The government says they have loaned over One Billion dollars to the Farmers. In other words, we can't help you make any money, but we will show you where you can owe some more.

Government, Agriculture, Dollars

The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythical beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out.

Real, Trying, Bags

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.

Political, Politics, Open Minded

Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

There is only one redeeming thing about this whole election. It will be over at sundown, and let everybody pray that it's not a tie, for we couldn't go through with this thing again.

Ties, Politics, Election

Will Rogers (1979). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams: The Hoover years, 1931-1933”, Will Rogers Heritage Trust

There is two types of Larceny, Petty and Grand. They are supposed to be the same in the eyes of the law, but judges always put a little extra on you for Petty, which is kind of a fine for stupidness.

Eye, Law, Two

Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

I make a living off (politicians), so I can't knock 'em. Every time we elect some fellow we think he's terrible and then when we get another one in he's worse. So, I am always in favor of keeping the one we've got and let the other go.

Thinking, Ems, Favors

Political elections are a good deal like marriages, there's no accounting for anyone's taste.

Political, Taste, Election

Paula Love, Will Rogers (1972). “The Will Rogers book”, Texian Pr

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

Education, Gambling, Film

Autobiography of Will Rogers (1949) ch. 6

After seeing kids play polo against big guys, it only shows that horses are the greatest equalizer in the world. No matter what you weigh, the little fellow is your equal on a horse.

Horse, Kids, Play

When you have helped to raise the standard of cooking, you have helped to raise the only thing in the world that really matters. We only have one or two wars in a lifetime, but we have three meals a day -- there's nothing in the world that we do as much as we do eating.

War, Two, Cooking

I was born on Nov. 4, which is election day ... my birthday has made more men and sent more back to honest work than any other days in the year.

Men, Years, My Birthday

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

Strangers And Friends, Just Friends, Mets

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