Franklin Pierce Adams

"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

"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

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

Franklin Pierce Adams

"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

"Christmas is over and Business is Business."

Franklin Pierce Adams