Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody.
Franklin Pierce Adams Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 15th November, 1881 |
| Death: | 23rd March, 1960 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Columnist, Poet, Radio Personality |
About
Franklin Pierce Adams was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was an American columnist, best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. Signing on with the Chicago Journal in 1903, he wrote a sports column and then a humor column, "A Little about Everything". During his time on the Evening Mail, he wrote what remains his best known work, the poem Baseball's Sad Lexicon, a tribute to the Chicago Cubs double play combination of "Tinker to Evers to Chance". He wrote primarily under his initials, F.P.A.
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