It's not what you pay a man but what he costs you that counts.
Will Rogers
This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.
Will Rogers
There ought to be one day -- just one -- where there is open season on senators.
Will Rogers
In Hollywood the woods are full of people that learned to write, but evidently can't read. If they could read their stuff, they'd stop writing.
Will Rogers
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and their politicians as jokes.
Will Rogers
In filling out an income tax re-turn, let an accountant instead of your conscience, be your guide.
Will Rogers
In a real estate man's eyes, the most exclusive part of the city is wherever he has a house to sell.
Will Rogers
The reason political party platforms are so long is that when you straddle anything it takes a long time to explain it.
Will Rogers
Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up. If it don't go up, don't buy it.
Will Rogers
My forefather didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they were there to meet the boat.
Will Rogers
Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?
Will Rogers
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
Will Rogers
The stock market has spoiled more appetites than bad cooking.
Will Rogers
No party is as bad as its leaders.
Will Rogers
The minute you read something you can't understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.
Will Rogers
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.