“There is only one thing that can kill the Movies, and that is education.”

— Will Rogers, The Autobiography of Will Rogers (1949)

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.”

“The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day.”

“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”

“It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”

“The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think.”

“It was subtle of God to learn Greek when he wished to become an author—and not to learn it better.”