Don Marquis Quotes

An idea isn’t responsible for the people who believe in it. Don Marquis

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis

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

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. 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. Don Marquis

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

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. Don Marquis

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man’s hands just to see how miserable he can make himself. Don Marquis

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

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

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into. Don Marquis