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Franklin Pierce Adams
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Franklin Pierce Adams

journalist, writer

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1881  – 1960

Franklin Pierce Adams was 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 '30s.

All Quotes by Franklin Pierce Adams

“Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Christmas is over and Business is Business.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Christmas is over and Business is Business.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country really needs is a good five-cent nickel”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“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 Pierce Adams
“When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead centre of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Christmas is over and Business is Business.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams
“Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.”
— Franklin Pierce Adams