Leo Aikman (1908–78) was an American humorist and speaker. He was a columnist for the Atlanta Constitution for 31 years.
Born in Dana, Indiana, Aikman received his bachelor’s degree from DePauw University and his master’s degree in American History from the University of Michigan. After a stint with the National Parks Service in Washington, D.C., he became a historian at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Marietta, Georgia. He then became editor of the weekly Cobb County Times in Marietta before joining the Atlanta Constitution in 1948.
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The best way to break a bad habit is to drop it.
—Leo Aikman
Topics: Habits
Most of us are umpires at heart; we like to call balls and strikes on somebody else.
—Leo Aikman
Topics: Critics, Criticism
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
—Leo Aikman
Topics: Action