Quotes from Don Marquis

dedicated to babswith babs knows whatand babs knows why

dance mehitabel dancecaper and shake a legwhat little blood is leftwill fizz like wine in a keg

oh i should worry and fretdeath and i will coquettethere s a dance in the old dame yettoujours gai toujours gai

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

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

it wont be long now it wont be longman is making deserts of the earthit wont be long nowbefore man will have it used upso that nothing but antsand centipedes and scorpionscan find a living on it

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.

I drink only to make my friends seem interesting.

it wont be long now it wont be longtill earth is barren as the moonand sapless as a mumbled bone

the high cost of living isnt so bad if you dont have to pay for it

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

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.

what in hellhave i done to deserveall these kittens

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.

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

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

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end.

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.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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 fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was the eager wish to soar, that gave the gods their wings.

A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't