New York Times, 23. Dezember 1929
Original engl.: "You can't say that civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way."
Will Rogers Berühmte Zitate
„Alles ist lustig, solange es jemand Anderem passiert.“
Illiterate Digest (1924), "Warning to Jokers: lay off the prince"
Original engl.: "Everything is funny as long as it is happening to Somebody Else."
„Jeder ist ein Ignorant, nur bei unterschiedlichen Themen.“
New York Times, 31. August 1924
Original engl.: "You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects."
„Kommunismus ist wie Prohibition - eine gute Idee, aber es funktioniert nicht.“
Weekly Articles (1981), erstmals veröffentlicht 1927
Original engl.: "Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work."
„Ich mache keine Witze. Ich beobachte nur die Regierung und berichte Tatsachen.“
Saturday Review, 25. August 1962
Original engl.: "I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
Will Rogers: Zitate auf Englisch
On Leon Trotsky Saturday Evening Post (6 November 1926) - note that Rogers specifically spelled the word "dident"
Kontext: I bet you if I had met him and had a chat with him, I would have found him a very interesting and human fellow, for I never yet met a man that I dident like. When you meet people, no matter what opinion you might have formed about them beforehand, why, after you meet them and see their angle and their personality, why, you can see a lot of good in all of them.