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Franklin Pierce Adams [1881-1960] American
Rank: 102
Writer, Columnist


Franklin Pierce Adams was an American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please.

Age, Best, Christmas, Fitness, Health, Imagination, Men, Time, Women

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Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. Men, Women
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Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year. Best, Fitness, Health, Time
102
Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
103
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. Age
104
I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
105
What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
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The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.
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Too much truth is uncouth.
108
There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
109
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.
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Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute. Imagination
111
Christmas is over and Business is Business. Christmas
112
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.
113
You do not know what you can miss before you try.
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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.
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Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.
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