Fred P. Cone (1871–1948) American politician
When asked if Florida was a southern state by author Jonathan Daniels
Jonathan Daniels. A Southerner Discovers the South. New York: Macmillan, 1938, p. 310.
“[Re Florida] Just not being senile is considered great down here.”
— John Updike, book Rabbit at Rest
Rabbit at Rest (1990)
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Variants:
The first sign of senility is when a man forgets his theorems. The second sign is when he forgets to zip up. The third sign is when he forgets to zip down.
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Misattributed
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Attributed in Paul Hoffman, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdős and the Search for Mathematical Truth (1998)
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