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Franklin P. Adams quotes: One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire.

One man's pointlessness is another's barbed satire.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: I find that a great part of the information I have acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way

I find that a great part of the information I have acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way

Franklin P. Adams quotes: There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner.

There are hundreds who can stand failure to one who can stand success; the good loser is far more common than the good winner.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!

Remember how excited you were when you turned five years old. Today, you should be 10 times that excited. Happy 50th birthday!

Franklin P. Adams quotes: The best bet you get is an even break.

The best bet you get is an even break.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes

Count the day won, when the earth, turning on its axis, imposes no additional taxes

Franklin P. Adams quotes: You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

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

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

Franklin P. Adams quotes: To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.

Ninety-two percent of the stuff told you in confidence you couldn't get anyone else to listen to.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: 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

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.

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

Conscience: A small, still voice that makes minority reports.

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

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

Franklin P. Adams quotes: And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are Act while there yet is time

And of all glad words of prose or rhyme, The gladdest are Act while there yet is time

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Seeing ourselves as others see us would probably confirm our worst suspicions about them.

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

Franklin P. Adams quotes: I am easily influenced. Compared with me a weather vane is Gibraltar.

I am easily influenced. Compared with me a weather vane is Gibraltar.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.

If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Chaos breeds life, while order breeds success.

Chaos breeds life, while order breeds success.

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

In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Drinking is bad taste but tastes good.

Drinking is bad taste but tastes good.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.

There is no accounting for tastes, as the woman said when someone told her her son was wanted by the police.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Every time we tell anybody to cheer up, things might be worse, we run away for fear we might be asked to specify how.

Every time we tell anybody to cheer up, things might be worse, we run away for fear we might be asked to specify how.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: An extravagance is something you buy which is no earthly use to your wife.

An extravagance is something you buy which is no earthly use to your wife.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: 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.

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.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.

I hate the pollyanna pest who says that all is for the best.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.

Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: 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.

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.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: Money isn't everything, but lack of money isn't anything.

Money isn't everything, but lack of money isn't anything.

Franklin P. Adams quotes: The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary.

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