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Franklin Pierce Adams
6 quotes
“Christmas is over and Business is Business.”
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: For the Other 365 Days", in Trans-communicator, Volume 44 (1927), p. 177.
“There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country really needs is a good five-cent nickel”
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Jacob Morton Braude, Complete Speaker's and Toastmaster's Library: Remarks of famous people (1965), p. 53.
“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 (1881–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.”
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”
Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead centre 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 (1881–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source