I never met a man I didn't like

“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.

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

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

“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.’

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.