Will Rogers Quotes

It always will seem funny to us United Staters that we are about the only ones that really know how to do everything right. I don't know how a lot of these other nations have existed as long as they have till we could get some of our people around and show 'em really how to be pure and good like us.

• Americans
• meddling

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America has a great habit of always talking about protecting American interests in some foreign country. Protect 'em here at home! There is more American interests right here than anywhere.

• America

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Give Americans a one-piece bathing suit, a hamburger, and five gallons of gasoline, and they are just as tickled as a movie star with a new divorce.

• Americans

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The American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity.

• Americans
• stupidity
• forgiveness

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We'll hold the distinction of being the only nation in the history of the world that ever went to the poor house in an automobile.

• Americans
• spending
• credit

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Get 'em all home, add to their number, add to their training, then just sit tight with a great feeling of security and just read about foreign wars. That's the best thing in the world to do with them.

• military
• war
• foreign policy

Understand the context.

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Art is when you do something just cockeyed from what is the right way to do it, then it's art.

• art

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Cowardice or bravery is never racial. You find both in every country. No country has a monolopy on bravery; great deeds of heroism are liable to break out in the most unexpected places.

• heroism
• bravery
• cowardice

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If you want to know how a man stands, go among the people who are in his same business.

• reputation

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