Quotes from Franklin P. Jones


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Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.


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.


Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business.


An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.


The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.


Sex is a two-way treat.


Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.


Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next.


A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not.


The easiest way to solve a problem is to pick an easy one.


One trouble with developing speed reading skills is that by the time you realize a book is boring you've already finished it.


You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.


When you get something for nothing, you just haven't been billed for it yet.


Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.


Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.


One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.


The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's there to appreciate it.


What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don't want to discourage it completely.


The most efficient labor-saving device is still money.


All women should know how to take care of children. Most of them will have a husband some day.