Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Franklin P. Adams (American Journalist)

Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960,) born Franklin Leopold Adams, was an American columnist, poet, and humorist celebrated for his wit and influence on early 20th-century journalism. Best known for his syndicated newspaper column The Conning Tower and his role as a panelist on Information Please, he became a prominent figure in American media.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Adams attended the University of Michigan but did not graduate. He began his journalism career with The Chicago Journal in 1903 and later moved to New York City, where his career flourished. The Conning Tower, first published in 1914, appeared in major newspapers such as the New York Tribune, New York World, and New York Herald Tribune. The column showcased his sharp political and cultural commentary and supported emerging writers such as Dorothy Parker and James Thurber.

Adams was also a master of light verse, renowned for his parody and satire. His poetry collections Tobogganing on Parnassus (1911) and Something Else Again (1920) featured keen humor. His famous poem Baseball’s Sad Lexicon (1910) immortalized the Cubs’ double-play trio. His wit and insight made him a beloved and enduring figure in American journalism and humor.

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There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter.
—Franklin P. Adams

Too much truth is uncouth.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Truth

Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn’t get anyone else to listen to.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Confidence

Count the day when, turning on its axis, this earth imposes no additional taxes.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Taxes

Health is the thing that makes you feel that now is the best time of the year.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Health

In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Wine

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.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Age, Aging

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Memory

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

Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Voting, Elections

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

Conscience: A small, still voice that makes minority reports.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Conscience

What this country needs is a good five cent cigar.
—Franklin P. Adams

The rich man has his motor car,
His country and his town estate
He smokes a fifty-cent cigar
And jeers at fate.
Yet though my lamp burn low and dim,
Though I must slave for livelihood,
Think you that I would change with him?
You bet I would!
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Wealth

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

While the work or play is on … don’t constantly feel you ought to be doing the other.
—Franklin P. Adams
Topics: Concentration, Focus

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
Topics: Writing

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