Quotes by Will Rogers

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

Im not a real movie star. Ive still got the same wife I started out with twenty-eight years ago.

Theres only one thing that can kill the movies, and thats education.

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

If I studied all my life, I couldnt think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they dont have for something they dont need.

Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice doggie until you can find a rock.

I dont make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

A fool and his money are soon elected.

Politics is applesauce.

The more you observe politics, the more youve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now whats going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Ohio claims they are due a president as they havent had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that dont get wet you can keep.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Its easy being a humorist when youve got the whole government working for you.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

Theres no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.