Don Marquis

Quote: A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Persian pussy from over the sea demure and lazy and smug and fat none of your ribbons and bells for me ours is the zest of the alley cat [Don Marquis]

Quote: Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint [Don Marquis]

Quote: Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. [Don Marquis]

Quote: I would rather start a family than finish one. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. [Don Marquis]

Quote: An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. [Don Marquis]

Quote: An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. [Don Marquis]

Quote: 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]

Quote: a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat [Don Marquis]

Quote: A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong. [Don Marquis]

Quote: now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else. [Don Marquis]

Quote: There is nothing so habit-forming as money. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. [Don Marquis]

Quote: prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into [Don Marquis]

Quote: An optimist is a man who has never had much experience. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. [Don Marquis]

Quote: Science has always been too dignified to invent a good backscratcher. [Don Marquis]

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