The man that found the 726-carat diamond in Africa, received $350,000 for it and wants to buy a farm and silk hat.… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The Senate just sits and waits till they find out what the president wants, so they know how to vote against him. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Now I am not unpatriotic, and I want to do my bit, so I hereby offer my services to my President, my… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
In time of crisis people want to know that you care, more than they care what you know — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If you want to know when a war might be coming, you just watch the U.S. and see when it starts cutting… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A liberal is a man who wants to use his own ideas on things in preference to generations who he knows know… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I do honestly believe the Republicans have reformed and want to do better. But whether they have done it in time to… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
They are having quite an argument over Treasury Secretary Mellon's Tax Bill. Mr. Mellon wants to cut the surtax on the rich,… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It's getting so if a man wants to stand well socially, he can't afford to be seen with either the Democrats or… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Politics are receiving a lot of attention because we have nothing else to interest us. No nation in the history of the… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We always want the best man to win an election. Unfortunately, he never runs. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to vote for the best and most qualified man, but he never runs for office. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Nobody wants his cause near as bad as he wants to talk about his cause. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I don't care how little your country is, you got a right to run it like you want to. When the big… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It's the fellow who knows when to quit that the audience wants more of. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
You can have all the advanced war methods you want, but, after all, nobody has ever invented a war that you don't… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Here's another way of putting it. Roosevelt wants recovery to start at the bottom. In other words, by a system of high… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
It looks to me like any man that wants to be President in times like these lacks something. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Technocracy wants to do everything by machinery. Machinery is doing just fine. If it can't kill you, it will put you out… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
If you want to know how a man stands, go among the people who are in his same business. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
I traveled a good deal all over the world, and I got along pretty good in all these foreign countries, for I… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
We Americans think we are pretty good! We want to build a house, we cut down some trees. We want to build… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
One wants recovery to start from the bottom, and the other wants it to start from the top. I don't know which… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
President Coolidge said, 'I don't want the Government to go into business.' Well, if I was Mr. Coolidge I wouldn't worry over… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
People want just taxes more than they want lower taxes. They want to know that every man is paying his proportionate share… — Will Rogers Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
The Democrats and the Republicans are equally corrupt where money is concerned. It's only in the amount where the Republicans excel. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Farmers, get out your sense of humor. Congress meets to relieve you again next week. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
American invents everything, but the trouble is we get tired of it the minute the new is wore off. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
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… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image