Olan Rogers Quotes

The world isn't a nice place, but that doesn't mean we can't be nice. ~ Olan Rogers

What you love to do shouldn't be defined by money, fame, or worldly desires you acquire, but by how much fun it is to be doing something you love. ~ Olan Rogers

It was my kingdom. And when enemies attack your kingdom, you don't flee. You show them why it's your kingdom. ~ Olan Rogers

If you lose you haven't lost, it's just a victory pending. ~ Olan Rogers

Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing along or clap or tap our feet. Have you ever seen a baby bouncing up and down in the crib in time to some music? When you think of it, some of that baby's first messages from his or her parents may have been lullabies, or at least the music of their speaking voices. All of us have had the experience of hearing a tune from childhood and having that melody evoke a memory or a feeling. The music we hear early on tends to stay with us all our lives. ~ Fred Rogers

One of the most important differences I see between prose and poetry is the music of the language. ~ Pattiann Rogers

So the question rises: How much liberty can you get away with? Well, you get no more liberty than you give! ~ Will Rogers

When I think of Robert Frost's poems, like "The Road Not Taken", I feel the support of someone who is on my side, who understands what life's choices are like, someone who says, "I've been there, and it's okay to go on". ~ Fred Rogers

Higher education is not growing fast enough to meet the needs of Nevada. ~ James E. Rogers

He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink with brains. ~ Platt Rogers Spencer

Mark my words: If Shaun Rogers is healthy, he'll be the NFL defensive player of the year. ~ Matt Millen

My object when writing prose is to write as clearly as possible. I think I know what I'm saying in prose, and I want others to understand it and to be able to restate it. ~ Pattiann Rogers

You'll only go as far as you're willing to travel. ~ Alex Rogers

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people. ~ Will Rogers

God found me again. When something terrible happens, it feels like running from God is the right thing to do. We have the tendency to escape back into ourselves and mourn forever. But God keeps looking for us. I opened myself up and accepted that He found me. ~ S.T. Rogers

What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't nothing but one word wrong with everyone of us, and that's selfishness. ~ Will Rogers

As I continue through my acting career I tend to wish I were a little shorter and a few pounds lighter so casting directors would call me in for more diverse roles. ~ James Preston Rogers

Let's take the gauntlet and make goodness attractive in this so-called next millennium. That's the real job that we have. I'm not talking about Pollyanna-ish kind of stuff. I'm talking about down-to-Earth actual goodness. People caring for each other in a myriad of ways rather than people knocking each other off all the time...What changes the world? The only thing that ever really changes the world is when somebody gets the idea that love can abound and can be shared. ~ Fred Rogers

His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father. ~ Will Rogers, Jr.

The genuinely significant creation, whether an idea, or a work of art, or a scientific discovery, is most likely to be seen at first as erroneous, bad, or foolish. Later it may be seen as obvious, something self-evident to all. Only still later does it receive its final evaluation as a creative contribution. It seems clear no contemporary mortal can satisfactorily evaluate a creative product at the time it is formed, and this statement is increasingly true the greater the novelty of the creation. ~ Carl Rogers

I won't go to movies with permissiveness, four-letter words, or violence. Show me 'E.T.' and 'Chariots of Fire' instead. That's entertainment, not exploitation of the human body. ~ Ginger Rogers

Funny to watch these Senators switching back and forth on Prohibition. Politics is a great character builder. You have to take a referendum to see what your convictions are for that day. ~ Will Rogers

There are three types of men in the world. One type learns from books. One type learns from observations. And one type just has to urinate on the electric fence himself. ~ Will Rogers

A high school student wrote to ask, "What was the greatest event in American history?" I can't say. However, I suspect that like so many "great" events, it was something very simple and very quiet with little or no fanfare (such as someone forgiving someone else for a deep hurt that eventually changed the course of history). The really important "great" things are never center stage of life's dramas; they're always "in the wings". That's why it's so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and the superficial. ~ Fred Rogers

It's easy to convince people that children need to learn the alphabet and numbers. . . . How do we help people to realize that what matters even more than the superimposition of adult symbols is how a person's inner life finally puts together the alphabet and numbers of his outer life? What really matters is whether he uses the alphabet for the declaration of war or the description of a sunrise - his numbers for the final count at Buchenwald or the specifics of a brand-new bridge. ~ Fred Rogers

It's the greatest game I ever saw. You can't lose. Everybody buys to sell and nobody buys to keep. What's worrying me is who is going to be the last owner. It's just like an auction; the only one stuck is the last one. ~ Will Rogers

willing the letters to rearrange themselves into words she wanted to read. "8:05 ~ Amy Rogers

Without a response, I just stand there like an idiot. Like she just slapped my brain out of my skull and I can't think. ~ Rebecca A. Rogers

I was forced to stretch my thinking, to realize that sincere and honest people could believe in very divergent religious doctrines. ~ Carl Rogers

And in garbage we find material proof that there is no plan for stewarding the earth, that resources are not being conserved, that waste and destruction are the necessary analogues of consumer society. This ~ Heather Rogers

The art of investing is not about figuring out what has already happened. It's about anticipating the futureand creating the future that others will read about in The Wall Street Journal. ~ Joshua Rogers

The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us. ~ Fred Rogers

Each time Olan Chapman comes to life, his anti-quarks remain on the far side of the Time Wall. After his life cycle ends, his quarks collapse back to these roots, and – presto – America's most wanted man is ready for his next adventure. ~ Kyle Keyes

When you get into trouble 5,000 miles from home, you've got to have been looking for it. ~ Will Rogers

The way to make money in the stock market is to buy a stock. Then, when it goes up, sell it. If it's not going to go up, don't buy it! ~ Will Rogers

You know the more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. My only solution would be to keep em both out one term and hire my good friend Henry Ford to run the whole thing, and give him a commission on what he saves us. ~ Will Rogers

I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. ~ Richard Rogers

I have come to realize that being trustworthy does not demand that I be rigidly consistent but that I be dependably real. ~ Carl Rogers

Where I come from, they won't let me play with this rope. They think I might hurt myself. ~ Will Rogers

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity. ~ Kenny Rogers

The worst thing that happens to you may be the best thing for you if you don't let it get the best of you. ~ Will Rogers

evaluation by others is not a guide for me. The judgments of others, while they are to be listened to, and taken into account for what they are, can never be a guide for me. This has been a hard thing to learn. ~ Carl R. Rogers

I think that those who would try to make you feel less than who you are, I think that's the greatest evil. ~ Fred Rogers

You know what they say, when the going gets scary, the scared gets scarce! ~ Shaggy Rogers

If I put things between me and Christ, it is idolatry. If I put Christ between me and things, it is victory! ~ Adrian Rogers

It looks to me like any man that wants to be President in times like these lacks something. ~ Will Rogers

Poetry uses language to create a music borne inside human experiences and emotions. ~ Pattiann Rogers

Parents who daily read Robert Lewis Stevenson to their children and surrounds them with blocks, plastic animals, and some cardboard boxes or kitchen pots and pans are going to produce a qualitatively different child from those who spend that time on TV or videos, even if their choices ARE only Winnie the Pooh and Mr. Rogers. ~ Diane Medved