I never met a man I didn't like

Cultural  

1. The common version of a remark by the twentieth-century American humorist Will Rogers.

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Example Sentences

“I never met a man I didn’t like until I met Will Rogers,” he once said, turning the famous Rogers line against him, despite never having met him.

From New York Times

I never met a man I didn’t like = Amend: I like tainted vermin.

From Washington Post

Q. Who famously said, “I never met a man I didn’t like”? Correct: Will Rogers.

From Washington Post

“When I die, my epitaph, or whatever you call those signs on gravestones, is going to read: ‘I joked about every prominent man of my time, but I never met a man I didn’t like.’

From Washington Times

Early on he decided that Will Rogers' statement "I never met a man I didn't like" was "pure flatulence, crowd-pleasing and fake humility," and acted accordingly.

From Time Magazine Archive