By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing. — Don Marquis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share
A certain alloy of expediency improves the gold of morality and makes it wear all the longer. — Don Marquis Copy Share
In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. — Don Marquis Copy Share
“How often when they find a sage As sweet as Socrates or Plato They hand him hemlock for his wage Or bake him like… — Don Marquis Copy Share
For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there… — Don Marquis Copy Share
“Vibrations are the key to everything. Atoms used to be, but atoms have quite gone out.” — Don Marquis Copy Share
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. — Don Marquis Copy Share
I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of… — Don Marquis Copy Share
He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in… — Don Marquis Copy Share
Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. — Don Marquis Copy Share
