Don Marquis

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets it all wrong.

Don Marquis

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.

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

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

Don Marquis

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

Don Marquis

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

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

Don Marquis

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.

Don Marquis

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

Punctuality is one of the cardinal virtues. Always insist on it in your subordinates and dependents.

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

The successful people are the ones that think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Don Marquis

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