“We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.”

— Will Rogers

As quoted in The Complete Speaker's Index to Selected Stories for Every Occasion (1967) by Jacob Morton Braude, p. 16
Variant: We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
As quoted in Peter's Quotations : Ideas for Our Time (1979) by Laurence J. Peter, p. 240
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Variant: We all can't be heroes, for someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.

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