--- title: "14 Land Quotes By Will Rogers" description: "14 Land quotes by Will Rogers. Plus more from Will Rogers and more Land sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/will-rogers-272_inspirational_the-trouble-with-land-is-that-they-re-no_2427222.jpg" --- > [The trouble with land is that they're not making it anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/the-trouble-with-land-is-that-they-re-not-making-it-anymore/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/will-rogers-272_inspirational_the-trouble-with-land-is-that-they-re-no_2427222.jpg) > [America is a land of opportunity and don't ever forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/america-is-a-land-of-opportunity-and-don-t-ever-forget-it/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/will-rogers-272_america_america-is-a-land-of-opportunity-and-don_2573039.jpg) > [Don't wait to buy land, buy land and wait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/will-rogers-272_estates_don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait_1569637.jpg) > [Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/buy-land-they-ain-t-making-any-more-of-the-stuff/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/will-rogers-272_land_buy-land-they-ain-t-making-any-more-of-t_1567542.jpg) > [Every land or property owner in America would be tickled to death to pay 45 per cent of his profits, if he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/every-land-or-property-owner-in-america-would-be-tickled-to-death-to/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ba/will-rogers-272_america_every-land-or-property-owner-in-america_2320588.jpg) > [One thing I will say about the Germans, they are always perfectly willing to give somebody's land to somebody else](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/one-thing-i-will-say-about-the-germans-they-are-always-perfectly/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/will-rogers-272_germans_one-thing-i-will-say-about-the-germans-t_2668366.jpg) > [Don't wait to buy land, Buy land and wait. Find out where the people are going and buy the land before they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait-find-out-where-the-people/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/will-rogers-272_estates_don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait_1930627.jpg) > [If a thousand shares of stocks or bonds make nothing, you pay nothing. But on a thousand acres of land you pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/if-a-thousand-shares-of-stocks-or-bonds-make-nothing-you-pay-nothing/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/will-rogers-272_acres_if-a-thousand-shares-of-stocks-or-bonds_539978.jpg) > [Millions and millions of people don't pay an income tax, because they don't earn enough to pay on one, but you pay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/millions-and-millions-of-people-don-t-pay-an-income-tax-because-they/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/will-rogers-272_agriculture_millions-and-millions-of-people-don-t-pa_997326.jpg) > [A Realtor is an old fashioned Real Estate man with a neck tie. A Real Estate man sold you what you wanted,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/a-realtor-is-an-old-fashioned-real-estate-man-with-a-neck-tie-a-real/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5d/will-rogers-272_estates_a-realtor-is-an-old-fashioned-real-estat_3041604.jpg) > [You can't legitimately kick on income tax, for it's on what you have made. You have already made it. But, look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/you-can-t-legitimately-kick-on-income-tax-for-it-s-on-what-you-have/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/will-rogers-272_farms_you-can-t-legitimately-kick-on-income-ta_223191.jpg) > [I argue with wife over what little pieces of real estate investments we should try to pay on and hold, and which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/i-argue-with-wife-over-what-little-pieces-of-real-estate-investments/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/will-rogers-272_arguing_i-argue-with-wife-over-what-little-piece_1369747.jpg) > [Land taxes is the thing. They got so high that there is no chance to make anything. Not only land but all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/land-taxes-is-the-thing-they-got-so-high-that-there-is-no-chance-to/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/will-rogers-272_asks_land-taxes-is-the-thing-they-got-so-high_1128041.jpg) > [The government sent the Indians to Oklahoma. They had a treaty that said, 'You shall have this land as long as grass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/the-government-sent-the-indians-to-oklahoma-they-had-a-treaty-that/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/will-rogers-272_flow_the-government-sent-the-indians-to-oklah_2133299.jpg) ## Other authors on Land ## More by Will Rogers > [She was so ugly she could make a mule back away from an oat bin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/she-was-so-ugly-she-could-make-a-mule-back-away-from-an-oat-bin/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [We are always saying: Let the Law take its Course but what we really mean is: Let the Law take OUR Course.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/we-are-always-saying-let-the-law-take-its-course-but-what-we-really/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [The Democrats and the Republicans are equally corrupt where money is concerned. It's only in the amount where the Republicans excel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/the-democrats-and-the-republicans-are-equally-corrupt-where-money-is/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/farmers-get-out-your-sense-of-humor-congress-meets-to-relieve-you/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [Politicians, after all, are not over a year behind public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/politicians-after-all-are-not-over-a-year-behind-public-opinion/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [American invents everything, but the trouble is we get tired of it the minute the new is wore off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/american-invents-everything-but-the-trouble-is-we-get-tired-of-it-the/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [I don't know what humor is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/i-don-t-know-what-humor-is/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [There are two things I don't care how smart you are, you will never understand. One is an alienist's testimony, and the other is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/there-are-two-things-i-don-t-care-how-smart-you-are-you-will-never/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/the-more-you-observe-politics-the-more-you-ve-got-to-admit-that-each/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/i-don-t-think-you-can-make-a-lawyer-honest-by-an-act-of-legislature/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/there-are-two-theories-to-arguing-with-a-woman-neither-works/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [America is a great country, but you can't live in it for nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/america-is-a-great-country-but-you-can-t-live-in-it-for-nothing/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/there-ought-to-be-one-day-just-one-when-there-is-open-season-on/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [Every Gag I tell must be based on truth. No matter how much I may exaggerate it, it must have a certain amount of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/every-gag-i-tell-must-be-based-on-truth-no-matter-how-much-i-may/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) > [So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/so-live-that-you-would-not-mind-selling-your-pet-parrot-to-the-town/) [Will Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-rogers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/land/will-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "14 Land Quotes By Will Rogers", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The trouble with land is that they're not making it anymore.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/the-trouble-with-land-is-that-they-re-not-making-it-anymore/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/will-rogers-272_inspirational_the-trouble-with-land-is-that-they-re-no_2427222.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/will-rogers-272_inspirational_the-trouble-with-land-is-that-they-re-no_2427222.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/will-rogers-272_inspirational_the-trouble-with-land-is-that-they-re-no_2427222.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The trouble with land is that they're not making it anymore.” — Will Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "America is a land of opportunity and don't ever forget it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/america-is-a-land-of-opportunity-and-don-t-ever-forget-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/will-rogers-272_america_america-is-a-land-of-opportunity-and-don_2573039.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/will-rogers-272_america_america-is-a-land-of-opportunity-and-don_2573039.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16c/will-rogers-272_america_america-is-a-land-of-opportunity-and-don_2573039.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“America is a land of opportunity and don't ever forget it.” — Will Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't wait to buy land, buy land and wait.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/will-rogers-272_estates_don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait_1569637.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/will-rogers-272_estates_don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait_1569637.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/will-rogers-272_estates_don-t-wait-to-buy-land-buy-land-and-wait_1569637.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Don't wait to buy land, buy land and wait.” — Will Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Buy land. 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You pay year after year on them whether you make it or not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Will Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-rogers/you-can-t-legitimately-kick-on-income-tax-for-it-s-on-what-you-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/will-rogers-272_farms_you-can-t-legitimately-kick-on-income-ta_223191.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/will-rogers-272_farms_you-can-t-legitimately-kick-on-income-ta_223191.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/will-rogers-272_farms_you-can-t-legitimately-kick-on-income-ta_223191.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can't legitimately kick on income tax, for it's on what you have made. You have already made it. 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They got so high that there is no chance to make anything. Not only land but all property tax. You see in the old days, why the only thing they knew how to tax was land, or a house. Well, that condition went along for quite awhile, so even today the whole country tries to run its revenue on taxes on land. They never ask if the land makes anything. \"It's land ain't it? 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