Don Marquis Quotes

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

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

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Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

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An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

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A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

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Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.

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An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

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Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

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Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

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Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

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Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

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