Quotes from Franklin P. Jones

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

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

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values — and witnesses.

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

Scratch a dog and you'll find a permanent job.

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

A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist.

Forgive your enemies–if you can't get back at them any other way.

Originality is the art of concealing your source.

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.

Most people like hard work. Particularly when they are paying for it.

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

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

An atheist is one who hopes the Lord will do nothing to disturb his disbelief.

Don't be afraid to talk to yourself. It's the only way you can be sure somebody's listening.

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

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

Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success - yours or his.

Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there.

One thing you will probably remember well is anytime you forgive and forget.

Perhaps nothing has changed in the course of history as much as historians.

Perhaps the angels who fear to tread where fools rush in used to be fools who rushed in.

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

The quickest and shortest way to crush whatever laurels you have won is for you to rest on them.