Don Marquis

“When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’ ” – Don Marquis

“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.” – Don Marquis

“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you But if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.” – Don Marquis

“Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong?” – Don Marquis

“A pharisee is a man who prays publicly and preys privately.” – Don Marquis

“A fool and his money are invited places.” – Don Marquis

“The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.” – Don Marquis

“In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the churches going.” – Don Marquis

“I have found that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them.” – Don Marquis

“An idea isn’t responsible for the people who believe in it.” – Don Marquis

“Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” – Don Marquis

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

each generation wastes a little more
of the future with greed and lust for riches ~ Don Marquis

what man calls civilization
always results in deserts ~ Don Marquis

an optimist is a guy
that has never had
much experience ~ Don Marquis

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

“The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.”
― Don Marquis

“The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.”
― Don Marquis

“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.”
― Don Marquis

“The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.”
― Don Marquis

“My heart has followed, all my days, something I cannot name.”
― Don Marquis

Some persons are likable in spite of their unswerving integrity. Don Marquis