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Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way."

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 Quotes: "Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all."

Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute. Or you might not write the paragraph at all.




Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "I am easily influenced. Compared with me a weather vane is Gibraltar."

I am easily influenced. Compared with me a weather vane is Gibraltar.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Too much truth Is uncouth."

Too much truth Is uncouth.




Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory."

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



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "There must be a day or two in a man's life when he is the precise age for something important."

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



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody."

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




Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!"

Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "You do not know what you can miss before you try."

You do not know what you can miss before you try.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner."

There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Day after day, night after night, my life at home is far from bright, but even home has more variety, than I can find in cafe society."

Day after day, night after night, my life at home is far from bright, but even home has more variety, than I can find in cafe society.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them."

Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.




Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "We deny that it is fun to be saving. It is fun to be prodigal. Go to the butterfly, thou parsimonious sluggard; consider her ways and get wise."

We deny that it is fun to be saving. It is fun to be prodigal. Go to the butterfly, thou parsimonious sluggard; consider her ways and get wise.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "To err is human; to forgive, infrequent."

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Money isn't everything, but lack of money isn't anything."

Money isn't everything, but lack of money isn't anything.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "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."

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.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song."

In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire."

One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a one-way street and his semaphore has four signs, all marked "stop."

As we see censorship it is a stupid giant traffic policeman answering "Yes" to "Am I my brother's copper?" He guards a one-way street and his semaphore has four signs, all marked "stop.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Life, lift the full goblet--away with all sorrow-- The circle of friendship what freedom would sever? To-day is our own, and a fig for to-morrow-- Here's to the Fourth and our country forever."

Life, lift the full goblet--away with all sorrow-- The circle of friendship what freedom would sever? To-day is our own, and a fig for to-morrow-- Here's to the Fourth and our country forever.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it."

Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary."

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to."

Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "The best bet you get is an even break."

The best bet you get is an even break.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Chaos breeds life, while order breeds success."

Chaos breeds life, while order breeds success.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "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"

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 P. Adams Quotes: "And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are Act while there yet is time"

And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are Act while there yet is time



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Conscience: A small, still voice that makes minority reports."

Conscience: A small, still voice that makes minority reports.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door."

If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police."

There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Drinking is bad taste but tastes good."

Drinking is bad taste but tastes good.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best."

I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other."

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes"

Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Nobody can write such ironic things unless he has a deep sense of injustice-injustice to those members of the race who are victims of the stupid, the pretentious and the hypocritical."

Nobody can write such ironic things unless he has a deep sense of injustice-injustice to those members of the race who are victims of the stupid, the pretentious and the hypocritical.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Every time we tell anybody to cheer up, things might be worse, we run away for fear we might be asked to specify how."

Every time we tell anybody to cheer up, things might be worse, we run away for fear we might be asked to specify how.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What the country really needs is a good five-cent nickle."

There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What the country really needs is a good five-cent nickle.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "While the work or play is on ... don't constantly feel you ought to be doing the other."

While the work or play is on ... don't constantly feel you ought to be doing the other.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "Then here's to the City of Boston The town of the cries and the groans Where the Cabots can't see the Kabotschniks And the Lowells won't speak to the Cohns."

Then here's to the City of Boston The town of the cries and the groans Where the Cabots can't see the Kabotschniks And the Lowells won't speak to the Cohns.



Franklin P. Adams Quotes: "The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary."

The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary.