Quotes by Don Marquis

Don Marquis

Don Marquis

American writer

Lived from: 1878 - 1937

Category: Comedians | Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 29 july 1878 Died: 29 december 1937

  • Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
  • Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
  • I never think when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them well.
  • Like all other zealous reformers we do what we do because we like doing it better than anything else.
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  • Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
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  • An optimist is a man who has never had much experience.
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  • A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.
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  • a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat
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  • A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
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  • An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
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  • An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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  • Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.
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  • Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.
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  • Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.
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  • Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint
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  • 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.
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  • Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.
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  • He worked like hell in the country so he could live in the city, where he worked like hell so he could live in the country.
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  • Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.
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  • I get up in the morning with an idea for a three-volume novel and by nightfall it's a paragraph in my column.
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  • I never think when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them well.
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  • I would rather start a family than finish one.
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  • If you make people think they're thinking they'll love you: but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.
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  • In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.
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What are the most famous quotes from Don Marquis?

The two most famous quotes from Don Marquis are:

  • "Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes."
  • "An optimist is a man who has never had much experience."

When did Don Marquis live?

Don Marquis was born in 1878 and died in the year 1937.