Quotes by Will Rogers

“The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you dont let it get the best of you.”

“The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid”

“Every business and every product has risks. You cant get around it.”

“You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.”

“I have a scheme for stopping war. Its this -- no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.”

“We dont seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business”

“Lettin the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier n puttin it back in”

“We cant all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.”

“Everyone is ignorant – but on different issues.”

“You should never try and teach a pig to read for two reasons. First, its impossible; and secondly, it annoys the hell out of the pig!”

“When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, dont be surprised if they learn their lesson”

“Lord, let me live until I die.”

“Vote: The only commodity that is peddleable without a license”

“Wed all like tvote for th best man, but hes never a candidate”

“Only votes talk, everything else walks.”

“There is truth in the reply of a great lawyer when asked how the lawyers who formed the United States Constitution had such a mastery of legal principles: Why, they had so few books”

““You give us long enough to argue over something and we will bring it to you in proofs to show that the Ten Commandments should never be ratified.””

Too many people spend money they havent earned, to buy things they dont want, to impress people that they dont like.

Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.