Top 44 Quotes by Don Marquis

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.

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

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

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

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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