All Don Marquis Quotes
- Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Art
- A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. Funny
- When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' Ask
- Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. Business
- Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Canyon
- Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. Clothes
- The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. Chief
- Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. Happiness
- Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint. Cloud
- A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country. Country
- Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. Always Insist
- By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing. Bartender
- Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. Age
- An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it. Belief
- I would rather start a family than finish one. Family
- One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream. Care
- Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite… Age
- Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. Control
- Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Earth
- A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. Admission
- 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… Creative Writing
- In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going. All
- In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent. Careful
- It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld. All
- The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram. Art