Will Rogers

I tell you folks, all politics is applesauce.

Another way to solve the traffic problems of this country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars be allowed to use the highways.

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t need.

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

If gold rust what shall the iron do?

We are entering an era when we shall create resources which shall be so constantly renewed that the only loss will be not to use them. There will be such a plenteous supply of heat, light and power, that it will be a sin not to use all we want. This era is coming now. And it is coming by way of Water.

My experience is that the teachers we need most are the people we’re living with right now.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.

The difference between you and the person you envy, is that you settle for less.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Trouble is part of your life — if you don’t share it, you don’t give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.

A man must live like a great brilliant flame and burn as brightly as he can. In the end he burns out. But this is far better than a mean little flame.

Listen to the birds and don’t hate nobody.

Life did not stop, and one had to live.

When hungry, eat your rice; when tired, close your eyes. Fools may laugh at me, but wise men will know what I mean.

When you get emotional, slow your thoughts down, and listen attentively (write it down). That way, you’ll be able to hear what you are thinking. You do this becoming very still and very quiet, and recording your thoughts. These high-speed thoughts and internal reactions always precede your feelings and emotions. Trust me, you did tell yourself something if you now feel anger, mad, anxious, frustrated, sad or depressed. From now on, whenever you get upset, listen ever so carefully, to what you are telling yourself.

Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

The love we were promised in fairy tales was never something for us to find. It has always been something for us to create.