Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. Franklin P. Adams More Quotes by Franklin P. Adams More Quotes From Franklin P. Adams These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit into a double, Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. This brief poem, immortalized the Chicago Cubs' double-play combination: Shortstop Joe Tinker, second baseman Johnny Evers, and first baseman Frank Chance. Franklin P. Adams bearsplaybird Christmas is over and Business is Business. Franklin P. Adams christmasbusiness As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a one-way street and his semaphore has four signs, all marked "stop. Franklin P. Adams giantsbrotherstupid We deny that it is fun to be saving. It is fun to be prodigal. Go to the butterfly, thou parsimonious sluggard; consider her ways and get wise. Franklin P. Adams butterflywisefun One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire. Franklin P. Adams one-mansatiremen If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door. Franklin P. Adams successdoorsmen Every time we tell anybody to cheer up, things might be worse, we run away for fear we might be asked to specify how. Franklin P. Adams cheerrunningmight Drinking is bad taste but tastes good. Franklin P. Adams bad-tastetastedrinking The true republic men, their rights and nothing more women, their rights and nothing less. Franklin P. 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 P. Adams
