Abigail Adams Quotes

Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death.

Benjamin Franklin was probably America’s first juvenile delinquent.

There is the sheer amount of Franklin's wisdom. And the talent. Franklin played four instruments. He was the nation's leading scientist and inventor, plus a leading author, statesman, and philanthropist. There has never been anyone like him.

I'm very outgoing and social.

For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing.

I maintain that many an inventor, many a diplomat, many a financier is a sounder philosopher than all those who practice the dull craft of experimental psychology.

Words must be weighed, not counted.

Every city and town at which he [John Quincy Adams] arrives sends out its multitudes to welcome "the old man eloquent.

If you put busy men in an attractive atmosphere where the surroundings are comfortable, the food is good, you relax, you unwind, there’s stimulating conversation. You know, sometimes quite a lot can happen.

The scientist insists on verification; the religious theologian does not; the philosopher sometimes does and sometimes does not

I'm just very talky, as you can imagine.

I'm an extrovert.

My dad was a pretty social animal when he wasn't working.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

What would Prince Charming have for occupation if he had not to awaken the Sleeping beauty?

The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 'Are these words true?' If so, we let them pass on; if not, back they go. At the second gate, we ask, 'Are the necessary?' At the last gate, we ask, 'Are they kind?'

It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.

Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought.

If you want to attract people, you need to be like people you enjoy being with.

Content isn't king. If I sent you to a desert island and gave you the choice of taking your friends or your movies, you'd choose your friends -- if you chose the movies, we'd call you a sociopath. Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

If thou canst see sharp, look and judge wisely, says the philosopher.

I know many fine feathered friends But their friendliness depends on how you do They know many sure fired ways, To find out the one who pays And how you do

On this point, the priest and the philosopher agree: We must die.

You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.

The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to behave himself, so as not to appear to be a fool or a coxcomb.