The humorist Will Rogers use to say, "Well, all I know is what I read in the papers." He made a living reciting the humor he found in the papers. He made fun of many politicians but said, "I never met a man I didn't like." So here is some more of his wit:
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented that can make them laugh.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you find a rock.
Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they do today. (Wouldn't he really be embarrassed today.)
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
I'm not a real movie star. I've still got the same wife I started out with 28 years ago.
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
When I die I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.
Lettin' the cat out of the bag is a whole lot easier 'n putting it back in.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging.
Strangers are just friends I just haven't met yet.
Do the best you can, and don't take life too serious.
You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.
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More Positive Thinking Quotes
A doubtful throne is ice on summer seas.
It is quite possible that money is not your problem, after all. Your problem may be a lack of patience. So learn how to harness time to let money work for you.
I am come that they might have life--and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10 KJV)
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure; than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Ted Roosevelt
It is quite possible that money is not your problem, after all. Your problem may be a lack of patience. So learn how to harness time to let money work for you.
I am come that they might have life--and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10 KJV)
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure; than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. Ted Roosevelt
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