Franklin P. Adams
Franklin P. Adams
Franklin Pierce Adamswas 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. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and 1930s...
public-speaking futility knows
Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.
acquired finding great information looking
I find that a great part of the information I have, was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
drinking taste bad-taste
Drinking is bad taste but tastes good.
brother stupid four
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.
wise fun butterfly
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.
land dimes awful
Prohibition is an awful flop. We like it. It can't stop what it's meant to stop. We like it. It's left a trail of graft and slime It don't prohibit worth a dime It's filled our land with vice and crime, Nevertheless, we're for it.
fun play feels
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.
country circles 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.
voice minorities minority-report
Conscience: A small, still voice that makes minority reports.
witty mean intelligent
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
axes earth taxes
Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes
missing trying knows
You do not know what you can miss before you try.
gambling casinos break
The best bet you get is an even break.
home night class
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.