America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

Quote by Will Rogers

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If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work

Communism is like Prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for...

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for...

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing....

If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing....

Many only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with...

Many only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with...

I don't know what humor is. Anything that's funny -- tragedy or anything, it don't...

I don't know what humor is. Anything that's funny -- tragedy or anything, it don't...

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny...

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in...

In Hollywood you can see things at night that are fast enough to be in...

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that...

It isn't what we don't know that gives us trouble, it's what we know that...

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em...

And the thing about my jokes is, they don't hurt anybody. You can take 'em...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the...

A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the...

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.