The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram. Don Marquis More Quotes by Don Marquis More Quotes From Don Marquis Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. Don Marquis procrastinationwittyart I once heard the survivors of a colony of ants that had been partially obliterated by a cow's foot seriously debating the intention of the gods towards their civilization. Don Marquis atheismfeetcivilization When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' Don Marquis moneyworkmen The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality. Don Marquis qualitytoo-muchneeds Between the years of ninety-two and a hundred and two, however, we shall be the ribald, useless, drunken, outcast person we have always wished to be. We shall have a long white beard and long white hair; we shall not walk at all, but recline in a wheel chair and bellow for alcoholic beverages; in the winter we shall sit before the fire with our feet in a bucket of hot water, a decanter of corn whiskey near at hand, and write ribald songs against organized society... We look forward to a disreputable, vigorous, unhonoured, and disorderly old age. Don Marquis writingwintersong personally my ambition is to get my time as a cockroach shortened for good behavior and be promoted to a revenue officer it is not much of a step up but i am humble Don Marquis cockroachesambitionhumble Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint. Don Marquis hopewittyfunny Too many creatures both insects and humans estimate their own value by the amount of minor irritation they are able to cause to greater personalities than themselves. Don Marquis irritationablepersonality Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. Don Marquis loverelationshiplife A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country. Don Marquis gangliteraturecountry Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. Don Marquis profitablehonestygood-things Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Don Marquis humblebiblejesus When you can't have anything else, you can have virtue. Don Marquis virtue It wont be long now it wont be long man is making deserts of the earth it wont be long now before man will have used it up so that nothing but ants and centipedes and scorpions can find a living on it. Don Marquis desertmenlong If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves. Don Marquis readingwritingmoving Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed? Don Marquis bedtodaynight Not every woman in old slippers can manage to look like Cinderella Don Marquis slippersmanagelooks A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. Don Marquis wittylifefunny 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 inheritancemoneymistake The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race. Don Marquis life-sucksprogressrace
