Quote

We are here just for a spell and then pass on. So get a few laughs and do the best you can. Live your life so that whenever you lose it, you are ahead.

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
Loses
Laughs
Best
Spell
Live
Spells
Life
Ahead
Whenever
Pass
Laughing
Lose

More quotes by Will Rogers

Image
People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share according to his wealth.
Will Rogers
Image
The more ignorant you are, the quicker you fight.
Will Rogers
Image
If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.
Will Rogers
Image
We are always saying: Let the Law take its Course but what we really mean is: Let the Law take OUR Course.
Will Rogers
Image
Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won't work.
Will Rogers
Image
The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.
Will Rogers
Image
I haven't seen a tractor working all day. The country has gone sane and got back to horses. Farmers all look worse, but they feel better.
Will Rogers
Image
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.
Will Rogers
Image
People that pay for things never complain. It's the guy you give something to that you can't please.
Will Rogers
Image
If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there
Will Rogers
Image
I tell you folks, all politics is applesauce.
Will Rogers
Image
There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.
Will Rogers
Image
I don't see why a man shouldn't pay an inheritance tax. If a Country is good enough to pay taxes to while you are living, it's good enough to pay in after you die. By the time you die you should be so used to paying taxes that it would just be almost second nature to you.
Will Rogers
Image
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.
Will Rogers
Image
Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.
Will Rogers
Image
Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of Truth.... Now Rumor travels Faster, but it don't stay put as long as Truth.
Will Rogers
Image
And if you call one a real estate agent and he won't sell you anything. He is a REALATOR. It's the same as what the old fashioned real estate agent used to be only the commission is different.
Will Rogers
Image
The only way to solve the traffic problems of the country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars are allowed to use the highways. That would make traffic so scarce, we could use our boulevards for children's playgrounds.
Will Rogers
Image
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.
Will Rogers
Image
Everyone wants to vote for the best and most qualified man, but he never runs for office.
Will Rogers