Franklin Pierce Adams Quotes

United States, Columnist
November 15, 1881 – March, 23, 1960.

Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881 – March 23, 1960) 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 1930s.

Christmas is over and Business is Business.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Business
- Christmas
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Good
- Bad

What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Good
- Country
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 Pierce Adams
- History
- Peace
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- People
- Men
- Women
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
- Imagination
Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Time
- Health
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
- People
- Time
- Believe

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

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Life
- Important
- Age
Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center 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
- Up
- Age
- Golf
The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Men
- Women
- True
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 Pierce Adams
- Up
- Great
Too much truth is uncouth.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Truth
Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Up
- Age
- Golf

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

Franklin Pierce Adams
- Good
- Country
You do not know what you can miss before you try.

Franklin Pierce Adams