Don Marquis quotes

procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. (Don Marquis)
An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
Don Marquis
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?
Don Marquis
The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.
Don Marquis
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
Don Marquis
A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.
Don Marquis
Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
Don Marquis
If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.
Don Marquis
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
Don Marquis
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.
Don Marquis
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. (Don Marquis)
A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?
Don Marquis
An optimist is a guy that never has had much experience.
Don Marquis
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Don Marquis
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
Don Marquis
In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.
Don Marquis
Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
Don Marquis
Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Don Marquis
Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.
Don Marquis
In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
Don Marquis
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. (Don Marquis)
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
Don Marquis
There is always a comforting thought in time of trouble when it is not our trouble.
Don Marquis
It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.
Don Marquis
There is bound to be a certain amount of trouble running any country. If you are president, the trouble happens to you. But if you are a tyrant you can arrange things so that most of the trouble happens to other people.
Don Marquis