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.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)
Too much truth is uncouth.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)
Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.
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.
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.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
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.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)
There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)
Christmas is over and Business is Business.
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.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)
The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
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.
American newspaper columnist (1881-1960)