Don Marquis Quotes

If you make people think they`re thinking, they`ll love you; But if you really make them think, they`ll hate you.

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

A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn`t?

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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

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

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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

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

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.