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Quotes by Don Marquis - (9 quotes)

Don Marquis - From the Dissatisfaction category:

A fierce unrest seethes at the core of all existing things: it was the eager wish to soar that gave the gods their wings. (Don Marquis)

Don Marquis - From the Drunkenness category:

Prohibition makes you want to cry in your beer and denies you the beer to cry into. (Don Marquis)

Don Marquis - From the Ideas category:

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. (Don Marquis)

Don Marquis - From the Imitation category:

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself. (Don Marquis)

Don Marquis - From the Instinct category:

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun. (Don Marquis)

Don Marquis - From the Poetry category:

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

Don Marquis - From the Procrastination category:

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday. (Don Marquis)

Don Marquis - From the Thinking category:

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them think, they'll hate you. (Don Marquis)

Don Marquis - From the Writing category:

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when reading. (Don Marquis)