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Will Rogers Quotes - Page 25

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George Washington was quite a farmer. He was a farmer, Civil Engineer and gentleman. He made enough at civil engineering to indulge in both the other luxuries.

George Washington was quite a farmer. He was a farmer, Civil Engineer and gentleman. He made enough at civil engineering to indulge in both the other luxuries.

Engineering, Indulge In, Luxury

We will never get anywhere with our finances till we pass a law saying...every time we appropriate something, we...pass another bill...stating where the money is coming from.

Law, Bills, Financial

It looks to me like the candidates are trying to relieve the farmer of his vote, instead of his debts.

Agriculture, Trying, Looks

Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams”

A debt is just as hard for a Government to pay as it is for an individual. No debt ever comes due at a good time. Borrowing is the only thing that seems handy all the time.

Government, Debt, Pay

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

Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it.

Gambling, Advice, Saving

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 originated a remark many years ago that I think has been copied more than any little thing that I've ever said, and I used it in the follies of 1922. I said America has a unique record. We never lost a war and we never won a conference in our lives. I believe that we could without any degree of egotism, single-handed lick any nation in the world. But we can't confer with Costa Rica and come home with our shirts on.

War, Believe, Home

"The Will Rogers Book". Book by Paula McSpadden Love, 1972.

Don't wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they get there.

Land, People, Waiting

I never met a man that I didn't like.

Men, Mets

The English should give Ireland home rule - and reserve the motion picture rights.

Home, Rights, Giving

Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week.

Next Week, Agriculture, America

Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling, Frances N. Sterling (1993). “Will Rogers' World: America's Foremost Political Humorist Comments on the Twenties and Thirties--and Eighties and Nineties”, p.174, Rowman & Littlefield

The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.

Splits, Election, Republican

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

The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.

Time, Party, Long

Rotation of crops and less automobiles will relieve the farmers whenever they decide to try it.

Agriculture, Trying, Rotation

Farmers have about given up hope of getting farm relief and have decided to fertilize instead.

Agriculture, Relief, Given

Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams”

It wasn't what we needed then that was hurting us, it was what we was paying for that we had already used up. The country was just buying gasoline for a leaky tank. Everything was going into a gopher hole and you couldent see where you was going to get any of it back.

Country, Hurt, Business

... while the Republicans are smart enough to make money, the Democrats are smart enough to get in office every two or three times a century and take it away from 'em.

Smart, Two, Office

Will Rogers (1983). “Radio broadcasts of Will Rogers”, Oklahoma State Univ Pr

I see where we are starting to pay some attention to our neighbors to the south. We could never understand why Mexico wasn't just crazy about us, for we have always had their good will, and oil and minerals, at heart

Crazy, Inspiration, Heart

Harvard students have completed more English courses and less forward passes than any school in this generation.

Education, School, This Generation

Will Rogers (1978). “Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams”

Get a sales tax, small on necessities and large on luxuries; then a stiff inheritance tax on the fellow that saves and don't spend. That will get him either way. A tax paid on the day you buy is not as tough as asking you for it the next year when you are broke.

Luxury, Years, Next Year

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

When I die, my epitaph or whatever you call those signs on gravestones is going to read: "I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn't like."

Men, Mets, My Time

"The Will Rogers Book". Book by Paula McSpadden Love, 1972.

Banking and after-dinner speaking are two of the most nonessential industries we have in this country. I am ready to reform, if they are.

Country, Two, Reform

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

Never slap a man who's chewing tobacco.

Cowboy, Men, Chewing

Don't invite me if you don't want me.

Inspirational, Want, Invites

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me that what little humor I have comes from her. I can't remember her humor, but I can remember her love and understanding of me.

Mother, Years, Understanding

I am just an old country boy in a big town trying to get along. I have been eating pretty regular and the reason I have been is because I have stayed an old country boy.

Funny, Country, Humor

Will Rogers (1980). “Will Rogers' Weekly Articles: The Harding”

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