What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Quote by Will Rogers

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Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if...

Even though you are on the right track - you will get run over if...

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.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

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.

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 best way out of a difficulty is through it.

The best way out of a difficulty is through it.

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

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.

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any...

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any...

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to...

I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to...

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.

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country...

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country...

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can...

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...

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else.

Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting...

Successful colleges will start laying plans for a new stadium; unsuccessful ones will start hunting...

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price.

That amazing moment when a teacher cancels a test.

That amazing moment when a teacher cancels a test.

What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to...

What I have in common with the character in 'Truman' is this incredible need to...