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Franklin P. Adams Quotes
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Famous Franklin P. Adams Quotations
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Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881, Chicago, Illinois - March 23, 1960, New York City, New York) was an American columnist (under the pen name FPA) and wit, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. He was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s
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- I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
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- I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.
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- The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.
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- 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.
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- The true republic men, their rights and nothing more women, their rights and nothing less.
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- There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
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- 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.
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- To err is human to forgive, infrequent.
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- To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.
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- When a man you like switches from what he said a year ago, or 4 years ago, he is a broad-minded person who has courage enough to change his mind with changing conditions. When a man you don't like does it, he is a liar who has broken his promises.
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- 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.
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