Author: Franklin Pierce Adams

Quotes

Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.

What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

Too much truth is uncouth.

Too much truth is uncouth.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

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