America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of no

America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere, but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.

Author: Will Rogers

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Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.

Even if you're on the right track you'll get run over if you just sit there.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

I never expected to see the day when girls would get sunburned in the places they now do.

God created war so that Americans would learn geography.

American men as a group seem to be interested in only two things: money and breasts. It seems a very narrow outlook.

Americans never quit.