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William Penn Adair Rogers (1879 – 1935) was an American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. Known as “Oklahoma’s Favorite Son”, Rogers was born to a Cherokee family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 “talkies”), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. (a few bonus quotes beyond the usual 7 are included since it’s an election year in both Canada and the U.S. Probably).
“Never miss a good chance to shut up…It’s better for some one to think you’re a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.”
“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go wherever they went.”
“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
“There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”
“The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”
“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
“Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re actually paying for.”
“There are men running governments who shouldn’t be allowed to play with matches.”
“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.”
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
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- - - - - - -“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go wherever they went.”
“There are three kinds of men. The ones that learn by readin’. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.”
“There are two theories to arguing with a woman. Neither works.”
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
“The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.”
“The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.”
“The difference between death and taxes is death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”
“Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re actually paying for.”
“There are men running governments who shouldn’t be allowed to play with matches.”
“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.”
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.”
