I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

About Franklin P. Adams

Franklin Pierce Adamswas an American columnist known as Franklin P. Adams and by his initials F.P.A. Famed for his wit, he is best known for his newspaper column, “The Conning Tower”, and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio’s Information Please. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s.

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There must be a day or two in a man’s life when he is the precise age for something important.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

Too much truth is uncouth.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

Christmas is over and Business is Business.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Franklin P. Adams

American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)