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.

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.

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

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.

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

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

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

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.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

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