Charles Adams Quotes & Sayings

Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell the real story behind civilized life. How people were taxed, who was taxed, and what was taxed tell more about a society than anything else. Tax habits could be to civilization what sex habits are to personality. They are basic clues to the way a society behaves. — Charles Adams

Death ray, fiddlesticks! Why, it doesn't even slow them up! — Charles Adams

If someone's going to publish a book about addiction, it has to say something new and different. It has to be something we haven't read before. A lot of these books are published because the writing is wonderful. The Frey book has superb writing, and that can be enough to sell a book. — Charles Adams

The essence of good advertising is not to inspire hope, but to create greed. — Charles Adams

We can't live without taxes, but we sure would like to have good ones. — Charles Adams