Frases de Will Rogers

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“Todo es divertido, con tal de que le suceda a otra persona”

“Cuando amamos, el amor es demasiado grande para caber entero en nosotros; irradia hacia la persona amada, encuentra en ella una superficie que lo detiene, lo obliga a regresar hacia su punto de partida y ese rebote de nuestro propio cariño es lo que llamamos los sentimientos del otro y que nos fascina más que en el viaje de ida porque no reconocemos que procede de nosotros.”

“La Antigua Roma decayó porque tenía un Senado, ¿qué nos va a pasar a nosotros que tenemos un Senado y un Congreso?”

“Aunque estés en el camino correcto, te atropellarán si te sientas allí.”

“Una reunión es sólo una forma de admitir que usted desea involucrar a otras personas en sus propios problemas.”

“Sólo hay una cosa que puede matar a las películas, y eso es la educación.”

“A la gente solo les disgusta la conversación cuando trata sobre ellos.”

“Estados Unidos nunca ha perdido una guerra y nunca ha ganado una conferencia.”

“Convertirse en un héroe es la profesión más breve de la tierra.”

“Diez hombres de nuestro país podrían comprar todo el mundo y diez millones no pueden comprar lo suficiente para comer.”

“Si te encuentras en un hoyo, deja de cavar.”

“Sed agradecidos, no estamos recibiendo todo el gobierno que estamos pagando.”

“Yo no sé chistes, sólo presto atención al Gobierno y les cuento los hechos que veo.”

“No es difícil ser un humorista cuando todo el Gobierno trabaja para ti.”

“No se puede decir que la civilización no avanza… De hecho, en cada guerra te matan de una manera diferente.”

“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.”