Don Marquis Quotes (25 quotations)
1. A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't? - Don Marquis
2. A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists. - Don Marquis
3. A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. - Don Marquis
4. An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. - Don Marquis
5. An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it. - Don Marquis
6. An optimist is a man who has never had much experience. - Don Marquis
7. Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. - Don Marquis
8. Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. - Don Marquis
9. Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. - Don Marquis
10. Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. - Don Marquis
11. Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. - Don Marquis
12. If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity marry, and perpetuate his kind. - Don Marquis
13. If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you. - Don Marquis
14. Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue. - Don Marquis
15. 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
16. Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. - Don Marquis
17. Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. - Don Marquis
18. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. - Don Marquis
19. Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. - Don Marquis
20. Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. - Don Marquis
21. Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. - Don Marquis
22. The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. - Don Marquis
23. There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. - Don Marquis
24. When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' - Don Marquis
25. You know how in high school you do these plays and people come up after the show and they're really excited for you? Well, that's what's happening to me right now. - Don Marquis
2. A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists. - Don Marquis
3. A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. - Don Marquis
4. An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it. - Don Marquis
5. An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it. - Don Marquis
6. An optimist is a man who has never had much experience. - Don Marquis
7. Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. - Don Marquis
8. Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. - Don Marquis
9. Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness. - Don Marquis
10. Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. - Don Marquis
11. Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. - Don Marquis
12. If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity marry, and perpetuate his kind. - Don Marquis
13. If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you. - Don Marquis
14. Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue. - Don Marquis
15. 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
16. Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. - Don Marquis
17. Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. - Don Marquis
18. Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. - Don Marquis
19. Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. - Don Marquis
20. Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. - Don Marquis
21. Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity. - Don Marquis
22. The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. - Don Marquis
23. There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us. - Don Marquis
24. When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' - Don Marquis
25. You know how in high school you do these plays and people come up after the show and they're really excited for you? Well, that's what's happening to me right now. - Don Marquis
