1. Adams - Noun
2. Adams - Proper noun
a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)
2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)
6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)
American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)
Source: WordNetNothing new was to be done or learned there, and the world hurried on to its telephones, bicycles, and electric trams. At past fifty, Adams solemnly and painfully learned to ride the bicycle. Henry Adams
...not one rebel defection - not even Robert E. Lee's - cost young Adams a personal pang; but Sumner's struck home. Henry Adams
He was thunderstruck to learn that Senator Sumner privately denounced the course, regarded Mr. Adams as betraying the principles of his life, and broke off relations with his family. Henry Adams
Macaulay was the English historian. Adams had the greatest admiration for Macaulay, but he felt that any one who should even distantly imitate Macaulay would perish in self-contempt. One might as well imitate Shakespeare. Henry Adams
As a companion, King's charm was great, but this was not the quality that so much attracted Adams, nor could he affect even distant rivalry on this ground. Adams could never tell a story, chiefly because he always forgot it. Henry Adams
Douglas Adams in Mostly Harmless. Hindi Proverb