So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
Will Rogers

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.
Will Rogers

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.
Will Rogers

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
Will Rogers

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.
Will Rogers

The fellow that can only see a week ahead is always the popular fellow, for he is looking with the crowd. But the one that can see years ahead, he has a telescope but he can't make anybody believe that he has it.
Will Rogers

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.
Will Rogers

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"
Will Rogers

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.
Will Rogers

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
Will Rogers

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

The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.
Will Rogers

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
Will Rogers

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.
Will Rogers

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.
Will Rogers

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

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.
Will Rogers

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you.
Will Rogers

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