Don Marquis Quotes - Page 3

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders, there is little else about him worth knowing.

If the world were not so full of people, and most of them did not have to work so hard, there would be more time for them to get out and lie on the grass, and there would be more grass for them to lie on.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

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

It would be a colorless world if each individual did not secretly believe himself superior to almost everyone else.

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.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself

I would rather start a family than finish one.

fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while

No form of government matters nearly as much as the spirit and intelligence brought to the administration of any form of government.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty

I do not see why men sheould be so proud insects have the more ancient lineage according to the scientists insects were insects when man was only a burbling whatisit.

It is a cheering thought to think that God is on the side of the best digestion.

Most of the people living in New York have come here from the far to try to make enough money to go back to the farm

An old stomach reforms more whiskey drinkers than a new resolve.

the high cost of living isnt so bad if you dont have to pay for it

The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.

i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums but wotthehell wotthehell i wake the world from sleep as i caper and sing and leap when i sing my wild free tune wotthehell wotthehell under the blear eyed moon i am pelted with cast off shoon but wotthehell wotthehell

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

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

A little while with grief and laughter, And then the day will close; The shadows gather ... what comes after No man knows.

For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there will I bow too; For no form of a god, and no fashion Man has made in his desperate passion, But is worthy some worship of mine; Not too hot with a gross belief, Nor yet too cold with pride, I will bow me down where my brothers bow, Humble, but open eyed.

what man calls civilizationalways results in desertsman is never on the squarehe uses up the fat and greenery of the eartheach generation wastes a little moreof the future with greed and lust for riches