You do not know what you can miss before you try. | |
— Franklin Pierce Adams | |
[Let’s impeach, try, convict and remove Donald Trump from office. I’d love to know if I’ll miss him… — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | #PresidentBoneSpur |
2017 | My Staggering Confusion |
Zapped!!! | |
2016 | And Bloggers? |
2015 | Ethical Energy |
2014 | Are You Likely To Defend It? |
2013 | Might As Well |
2012 | The Long And Short Of It |
2011 | Bravery |
Posts Tagged ‘Franklin Pierce Adams’
I’m Up For Trying
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #ImpeachTrump, Franklin Pierce Adams, Politics, Quotes on November 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Looking Into Golf
Posted in Humor, Quotes, Sports, tagged Aging, Franklin Pierce Adams, Golf, Humor, Middle Age, Quotes, Sports, Tennis on September 26, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Improvise |
2016 | Got Leisure? |
2015 | It’s Been Hurtin’ For Quite A While Now |
2014 | Curious Talent |
2013 | Eureka |
2012 | Slow Me |
2011 | He Said What?!? |
2010 | Gritty |
3 and 3 | |
Just A Hunch | |
Wall Street – Movie Review | |
2nd Pair – Shoe Review (Aborted and Final) | |
Something Else
Posted in Quotes, Serendipity and Chaos, tagged Franklin Pierce Adams, Quotes, Serendipity on August 17, 2018| 1 Comment »
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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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Courage |
2016 | Don’t H8! — I’m With Her!! |
2015 | $20 Anyone? |
2014 | And Yet I Still Study |
2013 | Use Your Own |
2012 | Strengthen Freedom |
2011 | Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination |
2010 | Mind The Fire, Love |
Just Beyond My Reach… | |
Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation! | |
Acts Of Courage | |
A Sure Sign Of Age
Posted in Economics, Humor, Quotes, tagged Cigars, Economics, Franklin Pierce Adams, Humor, Inflation, Quarter, Quotes on June 27, 2018| Leave a Comment »
There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. | |
— Franklin Pierce Adams | |
[You’ll know when you’re getting old the first time you say, “I remember when I could buy a … for …”. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Distant Goal |
2016 | More Lives |
2015 | Go Shopping More |
2014 | Say What? |
2013 | Accepting Beauty |
2012 | Transitional Choice To Ride The Wave |
2011 | Freedom Isn’t Always Perfect |
Just That Simple | |
Tic-Toc
Posted in Humor, Quotes, Writing, tagged Franklin Pierce Adams, Humor, Imagination, Procrastination, Quotes, Time, Writing on June 11, 2018| 1 Comment »
Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute. | |
— Franklin Pierce Adams | |
[Maybe procrastination has a little bit to do with it, too. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Explaining Working Class Support For Donald |
2016 | Not In My Experience |
2015 | Effort |
2014 | Honest Wants |
2013 | Faith, n. |
2012 | Surprise Me |
2011 | Confused With Truth |
Just Tell (And Re-tell) The Big Lie Often Enough On Fox News
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Fox News, Franklin Pierce Adams, Lies, Politics, Quotes, Republicans on June 4, 2018| Leave a Comment »
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 | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | To Laws, Not Office Or Individuals |
Beast / General / Civil | |
2016 | Patronage |
2015 | For Blogs, Too! |
2014 | Righteous Anger |
2013 | An Irish Blessing |
2012 | But Is It Worth It? |
2011 | Let Us Start |
Nothing More, Nothing Less
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Franklin Pierce Adams, Politics, Quotes, Rights on May 29, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less. | |
— Franklin Pierce Adams | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Memorial Day – 2017 |
No Wonder I’m Smiling | |
2016 | Thinking Science Fictional |
2015 | Dawn Is Coming |
2014 | Back When I Was A Firebrand |
2013 | Pen In Hand |
Word Up! | |
2012 | Disturbing |
Trying To Keep Up | |
2011 | Unreliable And Selective |
2010 | Adult-Onset Athlete |
As I Recall
Posted in Humor, Quotes, tagged Bad Memory, Franklin Pierce Adams, Good Old Days, Humor, Quotes on February 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. | |
— Franklin Pierce Adams | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Truly Generous |
2016 | Choose Your Destiny |
2015 | Fast And Firm |
2014 | Neither Head Nor Heart |
2013 | Lonely, Foolish, Love Songs |
Batting 1.000 | |
Coward, n. | |
2012 | At Least A Little More Difficult |
2011 | Speaking Of Fear |