There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves. – Will Rogers
With Congress, every time they make a joke its a law, and every time they make a law its a joke. – Will Rogers
The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesnt get worse every time Congress meets. – Will Rogers
The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, How is the president? – Will Rogers
Take my advice, dear reader, don’t talk epigrams even if you have the gift. I know, to those have, the temptation is almost irresistible. But resist it. Epigram and truth are rarely commensurate. Truth has to be somewhat chiselled, as it were, before it will quite fit into an epigram. – Joseph Farrell, “About Conversation,” The Lectures of a Certain Professor, 1877