Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Quote by Will Rogers

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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...

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put...

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put...

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

Politics is applesauce.

Politics is applesauce.

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi...

We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap...

We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap...

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.

When ignorance gets started it knows no bounds.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.

The only way you can beat the lawyers is to die with nothing.

Old Hollywood is just like a desert water in Africa. Hang around long enough and...

Old Hollywood is just like a desert water in Africa. Hang around long enough and...

I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.

I never lack material for my humor column when Congress is in session.

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got...

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got...

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Lord, let me live until I die.

Lord, let me live until I die.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Love alone could waken love.

Love alone could waken love.

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the very best...

In love, somehow, a man's heart is always either exceeding the speed limit, or getting...

In love, somehow, a man's heart is always either exceeding the speed limit, or getting...