We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

Quote by Will Rogers

Topics: Heroism Quotes

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

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

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his...

Asking Europe to disarm is like asking a man in Chicago to give up his...

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it...

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it...

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

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works...

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works...

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

Prohibition is better than no liquor at all.

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...

The whole thing about the women is, they lust to be misunderstood.

The whole thing about the women is, they lust to be misunderstood.

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I...

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I...

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.

The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.

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.

Youve got to go out on a limb sometimes, because thats where the fruit is.

Youve got to go out on a limb sometimes, because thats where the fruit is.

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......

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

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

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

The United States never lost a war or won a conference.

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new...

You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new...

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 believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men...

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men...

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions.