Best Don Marquis Quotes
- The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality. Less
- We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with. Ancestor
- 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… Ancestor
- i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums… Blear
- personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not… Ambition
- From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar… Agree
- The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat. All
- Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed? Ask
- it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a… Beauty
- Life is one damned kitten after another." Mehitabel the Alley Cat Alley
- fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to… All
- Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue. Into
- There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. Blame
- Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. Blood
- Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything. Bore
- Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. Blind
- Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Book
- Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. All
- Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into. Beer
- Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. Busy
- There is nothing so habit-forming as money. Forming
- An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. Experience
- Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. Integrity
- An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe it. Beliefs
- A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't? Hypocrite