Author: Franklin Pierce Adams

Quotes

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

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

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

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

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

- 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

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important.

- 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

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

- Franklin Pierce Adams

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