“I doubt if a charging elephant, or a rhino, is as determined, or hard to check, as a socially ambitious mother.”

— Will Rogers, Daily Telegram #1808 (10 May 1932), in The New York Times (11 May 1932)

About Will Rogers

1879 – 1935

American humorist and entertainer, known for his newspaper columns and radio commentary.

“Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.”

“You know everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.”

“Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.”

“From a Child I was fond of Reading, and all the little Money that came into my Hands was ever laid out in Books.”

“Those who conduct themselves with morality, integrity and consistency need not fear the forces of inhumanity and cruelty.”

“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.”

“If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth.”

“Listen therefore to your elder brother, and you should be obedient to your elder sister as if she were your mother.”

“You can live without a father who accepts you, but you cannot live without a world that makes some sense to you.”