Don Marquis's Quotes
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.
Don MarquisProcrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don MarquisI would rather start a family than finish one.
Don MarquisAn optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
Don MarquisHappiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
Don MarquisThere is nothing so habit-forming as money.
Don MarquisPity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Don MarquisWriting a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Don MarquisPoetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.
Don MarquisPublishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
Don MarquisAn idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.
Don MarquisEvery cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.
Don MarquisA pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
Don MarquisWhen a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'
Don Marquis