Will Rogers: Funny quotes

Will Rogers was American humorist and entertainer. Explore interesting quotes on funny.

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“When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.”

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”

The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers (2001)

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”

“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else.”

The Illiterate Digest (1924)

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

Daily Telegram #1172, Will Rogers Sees No Value In All The Time We Save (28 April 1930)
Daily telegrams

“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket.”

“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”

“I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat.”

Variants: I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat.
I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.
Source: Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935), Ch. 9 "Rogers was a lifelong Democrat but he studiously avoided partisanship. He contributed to the Democratic campaign funds, but at the same time he frequently appeared on benefit programs to raise money for the Republican treasury. Republican leaders sought his counsel in their campaigns as often as did the Democrats." ~ P. J. O'Brien