Will Rogers Quotes

Will Rogers (1879–1935) was an American humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and movie star — one of the most popular figures in the United States in the 1920s and early 1930s. Of Cherokee descent and proud of it, he distilled the anxieties of his era into homespun, plainspoken wit through his daily newspaper columns, radio addresses, and films, leaving behind one-liners that still feel uncannily current today. Read on for Will Rogers’s lines on quieting the restless mind, featured in our overthinking quotes collection.