- If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.
- When I die, just skin me out and put me up on old Trigger and I'll be happy.
- [in 1982] Another thing that burns me up is that California voted in capital punishment and they haven't electrocuted anyone yet.
- [in 1982, when asked about Republic Pictures owner Herbert J. Yates, his boss for many years] I don't want to talk about Yates. Let's just say he wasn't very flexible.
- [in 1982] Not long after Will Rogers died, they turned his ranch into a museum. And it didn't have anything in it. So I made up my mind I was gonna keep everything.
- [Advice to his son, Roy Jr. regarding the Roy Rogers Museum] If the museum starts costing you money, then liquidate everything and move on. [The museum closed its doors in December, 2009. The assets were auctioned off at Christie's in July 2010.]
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