I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)
“The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's one thing about a little education. It spoils you for actual work. The more you know the more you think somebody owes you a living.”
Daily Telegram #1597, Will Rogers Finds Larnin' Spoils One For Real Work (4 September 1931)
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American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935Related quotes
Variant: The more that you read,
The more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you’ll go.
Source: I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978)
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 160
"The Heart of the Matter"
Song lyrics, The End of the Innocence (1989)
“The more you learn, the more you know that you know nothing.”
“The more you read and write, the better you think and live.”