Quotes by 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."

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

"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday."

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

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

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

"Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness."

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

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

"Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind."