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Don Marquis

19 quotes

Don Marquis is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. Their thinking spans from Poetry to Funny, revealing a mind that refused to stay in one lane. Browse 20 quotes by Don Marquis that cover ground from Poetry, Funny, Age, Money, and Happiness. To get a sense of their style, try: "One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream."

“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

Money

All Quotes by Don Marquis

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

— Don Marquis

Age

“There is nothing so habit-forming as money.”

— Don Marquis

Money

“I would rather start a family than finish one.”

— Don Marquis

Family

“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

Money

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

— Don Marquis

Work

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

— Don Marquis

Business

“Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.”

— Don Marquis

Art

“One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.”

— Don Marquis

Change

“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

Happiness

“Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.”

— Don Marquis

Happiness

“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

Age

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

— Don Marquis

Poetry

“Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.”

— Don Marquis

Poetry

“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.”

— Don Marquis

Funny

“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

Age

“Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.”

— Don Marquis

Poetry

“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.”

— Don Marquis

Family

“Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.”

— Don Marquis

Funny

“An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.”

— Don Marquis

Experience