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Franklin P. Jones
American
Journalist
About the author
Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Talk
#Legal
#Advice
Love doesn't make the word go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Love
#Word
A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Will
#Children
#Day
#Women
#HusbCare
You never realize what a good memory you have until you try to forget something.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Forget
#Memory
Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Food
#Money
#Business
#Horses
Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Being
#Bravery
Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Children
#Inconsistency
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Experience
#Mistake
Experience is that marvelous thing that enable you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Experience
#Mistake
It's a strange world of language in which skating on thin ice can get you into hot water.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#World
#Language
#Water
An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Nothing
#Writer
#Memory
#Autobiography
The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Talent
#Remarkable
#Crisis
Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Nothing
#Temptation
#Sound
#Values
Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Nothing
#Being
#Party
One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Talking
#Listening
One trouble with developing speed reading skills is that by the time you realize a book is boring you've already finished it.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Time
#Trouble
#Reading
Originality is the art of concealing your source.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Art
#Originality
You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#World
#Old
#Speech
#Fire
Sex is a two-way treat.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Sex
It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Fear
#May
#Opinion
#Moon
The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
The most efficient labor-saving device is still money.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Money
#Labor
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Trouble
#Being
What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Want
#People
#Temptation
When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Nothing
You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Children
#Patience
Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Job
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.
Franklin P. Jones,
American
Journalist
#Friend
#Criticism
#Acquaintance