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

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Government Quotes

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that...

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

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

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money.

I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

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.

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

The movies are the only business where you can go out front and applaud yourself.

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

Strangers are just friends I haven't met yet.

There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't...

There comes Coolidge and does nothing and retires a hero, not only because he hadn't...

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him father.

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him father.

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...

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

Politics ain't worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back...

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier 'n puttin' it back...

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the...

A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the...