A man only learns by two things; one is reading and the other is association with smarter people. Will Rogers More Quotes by Will Rogers More Quotes From Will Rogers The rest of the people know the condition of the country, for they live in it, but Congress has no idea what is going on in America, so the President has to tell 'em. Will Rogers country america ideas Politics pretty quiet over the week-end. Democrats are attacking and the Republicans are defending. All the Democrats have to do is promise "what they would do if they got in." But the Republicans have to promise "what they would do" and then explain why they haven't already "done it". Will Rogers politics done promise I guess the only way to stop divorce is to stop marriage. Will Rogers funny-relationship divorce marriage Elections are a good deal like marriages. There's no accounting for anyone's taste. Every time we see a bridegroom we wonder why she ever picked him, and it's the same with public officials. Will Rogers marriage taste america There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in. Will Rogers stupid education inspirational If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep. Will Rogers pockets government years We have the best Congress that money can buy. Will Rogers congress Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious. Will Rogers seriousness serious inspirational About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation. Will Rogers united-states prayer america The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf. Will Rogers liars golf lying There is a terrible lot of us who don't think that we come from a monkey, but if there are some people who think that they do, why, it's not our business to rob them of what little pleasure they might get out of imagining it. Will Rogers littles people thinking I have Indian Blood in me. I have just enough white blood for you to question my honesty! Will Rogers honesty native-american blood Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers education work inspirational Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoyment. Will Rogers uncomfortable-feeling pain feelings Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else, but when it happens to you, why it seems to lose some of its Humor, and if it keeps on happening, why the entire laughter kinder Fades out of it. Will Rogers laughter happens long If you don't have malice in our heart, it doesn't come across harsh. Will Rogers harsh malice heart We are the only nation in the world that waits till we get into a war before we start getting ready for it. Will Rogers war peace america Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in the hands of Mr. Rockefeller, who will take care of it and see that it has a good home and never be allowed to wander around unprotected again. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war or famine, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it. Will Rogers business home war I never met a man that I didn't like. Will Rogers mets men Cities are like gentlemen, they are born, not made. You are either a city, or you are not, size has nothing to do with it. I bet San Francisco was a city from the very first time it had a dozen settlers. New York is "Yokel", but San Francisco is "City at Heart". Will Rogers san-francisco new-york heart