When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that's Memoirs.

Quote by Will Rogers

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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...

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

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...

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

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

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

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...

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...

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's...

The more that learn to read the less learn how to make a living. That's...

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.

I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out...

I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out...

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...

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...

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when...

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when...

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 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.

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me...

My own mother died when I was 10 years old. My folks have told me...

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as...

One of the things that will keep The Front Page burning bright as long as...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...

I think a newspaper should be provocative, stir 'em up, but you can't do that...