Frases de Will Rogers

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“Um homem só aprende de duas maneiras, uma através da leitura, e outra pela associação com pessoas mais inteligentes.”

“O imposto de renda produziu mais mentirosos nos Estados Unidos do que o golfe.”

“Eu não conheço piadas, eu apenas presto atenção no Governo e conto os fatos que vi”

“Todos nós somos ignorantes, só que em assuntos diferentes.”

“Se você ganha algum dinheiro, o governo te empurra no riacho uma vez por ano com todo o dinheiro em seu bolso, e tudo o que não se molhar você pode manter.”

“Tudo é engraçado desde que aconteça a outro.”

“Tudo é engraçado desde que esteja acontecendo com alguma outra pessoa.”

“Nem todos podemos ser heróis, porque alguém tem que sentar no meio-fio e aplaudir quando eles passam.”

“Faça o melhor que puder, e não levem a vida muito a sério.”

“Se você quer ser bem sucedido, é muito simples. Saiba o que você está fazendo. Ame o que você está fazendo. E acredite no que você está fazendo.”

“Mesmo que você esteja no caminho certo, você será atropelado se ficar simplesmente sentado.”

“The road to success is dotted with many tempting parking spaces.”

“The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.”

“Diplomacy is the same as saying "nice doggie" until you have a chance to pick up a rock.”

“We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.”

“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.”

“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”

“If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?”

“A fool and his money are soon elected.”

“If stupidity got us in this mess, how come it can't get us out.”

“Always drink upstream from the herd.”

“Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.”

“The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”

“The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”

“The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it in your back pocket.”

“It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.”

“Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.”

“An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh.”

“Ten men in our country could buy the whole world and ten million can't buy enough to eat.”

“You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people.”

“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”

“If you want to be successful, it's just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.”

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

“I am not a member of any organized party — I am a Democrat.”

“The problem ain't what people know. It's what people know that ain't so that's the problem.”

“If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?”

“Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.”

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

“What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.”

“Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.”