You do not know what you can miss before you try. 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 bears play bird Christmas is over and Business is Business. Franklin P. Adams christmas business 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 giants brother stupid 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 butterfly wise fun One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire. Franklin P. Adams one-man satire men If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door. Franklin P. Adams success doors men 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 cheer running might Drinking is bad taste but tastes good. Franklin P. Adams bad-taste taste drinking 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
