Don Marquis
"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.“
"Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.“
"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.“
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.“
"Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.“
"One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.“
"An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.“
"I would rather start a family than finish one.“
"I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.“
"A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.“
"Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.“
"Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.“
"Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.“
"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.“
"There is nothing so habit-forming as money.“
"We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.“
"Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.“
"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.“
"Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.“
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'“
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