Will Rogers Quotes

“The majority of Americans thought of Will Rogers in just these terms - as the effortless host to philosophers and kings, the brilliant but down-to-earth lord of a graceful manner.”
― Ben Yagoda, Will Rogers: A Biography

“A cowboy, an Indian, an apostle of decency and common sense. The conclusion was inescapable: the 100 percent American was Will Rogers.”
― Ben Yagoda, Will Rogers: A Biography

“The ascendance of Will Rogers in the early 1920s was not just a product of hard work. He was also the right man in the right place at exactly the right time. The mass media as we know them now began in the aftermath of World War I: The ten years after the armistice saw the development of radio, phonograph records, newsreels, and syndicated newspaper features, and great growth in the technological sophistication and influence of motion pictures and advertising. All were predicated on the notion that millions of people, people who hitherto had been separated by geography, outlook, and class, could share the same symbolic experience at roughly the same time.”
― Ben Yagoda, Will Rogers: A Biography