I maintain that it should cost as much to get married as to get divorced. Make it look like marriage is worth as much as divorce, even if it ain't. Will Rogers More Quotes by Will Rogers More Quotes From Will Rogers Candidates have been telling you that if elected they would 'pull you from this bog hole of financial misery.' Now is a good chance to get even with 'em, by electing 'em, just to prove what a liar they are. Will Rogers emsbusinessliars The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is that the Democrat is a cannibal, they live off each other, while the Republicans live off the Democrats. Will Rogers differencespoliticalhumorous Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and, God knows, he doesn't know much. Will Rogers politicsgovernmentdoe The "Ways & Means Committee" is a committee that's supposed to find the Ways to divide up the Means. Will Rogers politicsmeanway Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even. Will Rogers hamiltoninspirationcountry Politicians are just a bunch of local bandits, sent by their local voters to raid the public treasury. Will Rogers voterspoliticianpolitics There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing. Will Rogers equestrianridinghorse There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail. Will Rogers independencepolitical-willjail The best thing about this group of candidates Will Rogers politicalgovernmentwinning It would drive a person crazy to dope out really what does divide the two parties. Prosperity don't divide the two parties, for under either administration the poor get poorer and the rich get richer. Will Rogers dopepartycrazy Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead. Will Rogers live-your-lifewisdomadvice 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. Will Rogers governmentrunningyears A stranger is just a friend I haven't met yet. Will Rogers just-friendsmetsstranger In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important. Will Rogers methodimportantfeels Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. My folks were Indian. Both my mother and father had Cherokee blood in them. I was born and raised in Indian Territory. 'Course we're not the Americans whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower, but we met them at the boat when they landed. Will Rogers motherrunningfather Some guy invented Vitamin A out of a carrot. I'll bet he can't invent a good meal out of one. Will Rogers guycookingfood One of the evils of democracy is, you have to put up with the man you elect whether you want him or not. Will Rogers democracyevilmen I would never make a good economist. You know, an economist is a man that can tell you anything about — well, he will tell you what can happen under any given condition — and his guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's, too. Will Rogers economicsinspirationbusiness Communism is like prohibition, it is a good idea, but it won't work. Will Rogers prohibitioncommunismideas After seeing kids play polo against big guys, it only shows that horses are the greatest equalizer in the world. No matter what you weigh, the little fellow is your equal on a horse. Will Rogers horseplaykids