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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Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

Worrying is like paying on a debt that may never come due.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.

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...

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 schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

The schools ain't what they used to be and never was.

Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest...

Popularity is the easiest thing in the world to gain and it is the hardest...

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

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

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

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

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to...

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to...

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...

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

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...

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

This country has gotten where it is in spite of politics, not by the aid...

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people

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......

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it's not one bit better than...

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...

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...

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried

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.