Quotes by Don Marquis

About Don Marquis:

Donald Robert Perry Marquis is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play (1922–23), a silent movie (1926) and a talkie (1937).
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There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

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

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

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.

Don Marquis

my master is the same as god when he thumps with his hand people bring us hamburg steaks at any eating stand "pete s holiday

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

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

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

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

Don Marquis

Author Bio

  • NameDon Marquis
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJuly 29, 1878
  • DiedDecember 29, 1937
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPoet; Author