Quote

You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one

Will Rogers

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Will Rogers
Age: 55 †
Born: 1879
Born: November 4
Died: 1935
Died: August 15
Actor
Film Actor
Film Producer
Journalist
Politician
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Oologah
Oklahoma
William Penn Adair Rogers
William Rogers
Humor
Party
Humorist
Funny
Humorists
Political
Optimist
Humorous
Democrat
Republican
Stay

More quotes by Will Rogers

Image
There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Will Rogers
Image
The problem in America isn't so much what people don't know the problem is what people think they know that just ain't so.
Will Rogers
Image
Lord, let me live until I die.
Will Rogers
Image
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
Will Rogers
Image
Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation.
Will Rogers
Image
I tell you folks, all politics is applesauce.
Will Rogers
Image
The minute a thing is long and complicated, it confuses. Whoever wrote the Ten Commandments made 'em short. They may not always be kept, but they are understood.
Will Rogers
Image
There is a horse here-the furthest north of any horse, and he eats fish and travels on snowshoes.
Will Rogers
Image
What's considered enough money? Just a little bit more.
Will Rogers
Image
The minute you read something and you can't understand it, you can be sure it was written by a lawyer. Then, if you give it to another lawyer to read and he don't know just what it means, then you can be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer. If it's in a few words and is plain, and understandable only one way, it was written by a non-lawyer.
Will Rogers
Image
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives.
Will Rogers
Image
More words ain't good for anything in the world only to bring on more argument.
Will Rogers
Image
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.
Will Rogers
Image
There is nothing that sets a nation back as far in civilization as prosperity.
Will Rogers
Image
It's almost worth the Great Depression to learn how little our big men know.
Will Rogers
Image
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Will Rogers
Image
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. I am so proud of that I can hardly wait to die so it can be carved. And when you come to my grave you will find me sitting there, proudly reading it.
Will Rogers
Image
A fanatic is always the fellow that is on the opposite side.
Will Rogers
Image
... 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.
Will Rogers
Image
We live in an age of 'urge'. We do nothing till somebody shoves us.
Will Rogers