The paradigm of Western culture is that the essence of persons is dangerous; thus, they must be taught, guided and controlled by those with superior authority.


Carl R. Rogers

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WILL ROGERS
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people
WILL ROGERS
There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
WILL ROGERS
There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you get off the thing that he was educated in.
WILL ROGERS
There is nothing as stupid as an educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
WILL ROGERS
Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see...
FRED ROGERS
If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.
WILL ROGERS
There is nothing so stupid as an educated man, if you get him off the thing he was educated in.
WILL ROGERS
I like to hear a man talk about himself because then I never hear anything, but good.
WILL ROGERS
Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.
WILL ROGERS
When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than...
FRED ROGERS
Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.
WILL ROGERS
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
WILL ROGERS
Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
WILL ROGERS
Not one country in existence today has had the same borders and government for as long as two hundre...
JIM ROGERS
Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be sw...
JIM ROGERS
Those who can not adjust to change will be swept aside by it. Those who recognize change and react a...
JIM ROGERS
I will never joke about old soldiers who try to get to reunions to talk over the war again. To talk ...
WILL ROGERS
The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.
WILL ROGERS
You never know how much a man can't remember until he is called as a witness.
WILL ROGERS
The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift,...
FRED ROGERS
Pain is such an uncomfortable feeling that even a tiny amount of it is enough to ruin every enjoymen...
WILL ROGERS
A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.
WILL ROGERS
Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow is too lazy to form an opinion.
WILL ROGERS
All I know is just what I read in the papers.
WILL ROGERS
Everybody is ignorant -- only on different subjects.
WILL ROGERS
If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?
WILL ROGERS