Don Marquis Quotes

July 29, 1878 – December 29, 1937

Donald Robert Perry Marquis (29 July 1878 – 29 December 1937) was an American humorist, journalist, novelist, poet, cartoonist, newspaper columnist, and playwright most famous for creating the characters "Archy" the cockroach, and "Mehitabel" the cat.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Don Marquis, archy and mehitabel (1927), "certain maxims of archy"

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an optimist is a guythat has never hadmuch experience

Don Marquis
— certain maxims of archy

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An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

Don Marquis

Tags: ideas, Funny

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I have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race

Don Marquis
— archy's life of mehitabel, random thoughts by archy (1933)

Tags: noticed, when, chickens, quit, quarreling, over, food, often, find

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If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Don Marquis
— As quoted in The Volta Review (1934), p. 574, Clifton Fadiman: The American Treasury 1455-1955 (New York 1955) p. 997 and Hugh Rawson, Margaret Miner: The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations (2006) p. 431 #5 from archy and mehitabel (1927)

Tags: you, people, think, thinking, love, hate

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A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.

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— As quoted in O Rare Don Marquis, a Biography, by Edward Anthony (1962), Ch. 11

Tags: demagogue, person, we, disagree, gang, mismanage, country

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

Don Marquis
— the song of mehitabel

Tags: worry, dance, old, dame, gai, toujours

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procrastination is theart of keepingup with yesterday

Don Marquis
— certain maxims of archy

Tags: procrastination, theart, yesterday

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what in hellhave i done to deserveall these kittens

Don Marquis
— mehitabel and her kittens

Tags: what, done, kittens

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dance mehitabel dance
caper and shake a leg
what little blood is left
will fizz like wine in a keg

Don Marquis
— mehitabel dances with boreas (1927)

Tags: dance, mehitabel, shake, little, blood, fizz, wine, keg

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ihave often noticed thatancestors never boastthe descendants who boastof ancestors i wouldrather start a family thanone blood will tell but oftenit tells too much

Don Marquis
— a roach of the taverns

Tags: often, noticed, never, descendants, who, ancestors, start, family, blood

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it is a cheering thought to thinkthat god is on the side of the best digestion

Don Marquis
— the big bad wolf

Tags: cheering, thought, thinkthat, god, side, best, digestion

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there is bound to be a certain amount oftrouble running any countryif you are president the trouble happens to youbut if you are a tyrant you can arrange things sothat most of the trouble happens to other people

Don Marquis
— archy's newest deal

Tags: there, bound, certain, amount, oftrouble, running, you, president, trouble

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there is alwaysa comforting thoughtin time of trouble whenit is not our trouble

Don Marquis
— comforting thoughts

Tags: there, comforting, time, trouble, whenit, our

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Earth loves to gibber o'er her dross, Her golden souls, to waste; The cup she fills for her god-men Is a bitter cup to taste.

Don Marquis
— Don Marquis, Wages.

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For him who fain would teach the world The world holds hate in fee— For Socrates, the hemlock cup; For Christ, Gethsemane.

Don Marquis
— Don Marquis, Wages.

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For him who fain would teach the world The world holds hate in fee For Socrates, the hemlock cup; For Christ, Gethsemane.

Don Marquis
— Don Marquis, Wages.

Tags: him, who, fain, teach, world, holds, hate, fee, hemlock

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dance mehitabel dance caper and shake a leg what little blood is left will fizz like wine in a keg

Don Marquis
— Don Marquis, archy and mehitabel (1927), mehitabel dances with boreas.

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As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs . And he clothes them with thunders and beauty , He clothes them with music and fire , Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire .

Don Marquis
— Don Marquis, The God-Maker, Man.

Tags: skull, man, grows, broader, creeds, gods, shaped, image, mirror

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For all of the creeds are false, and all of the creeds are true; And low at the shrines where my brothers bow, there will I bow too; For no form of a god, and no fashion Man has made in his desperate passion, But is worthy some worship of mine; Not too hot with a gross belief, Nor yet too cold with pride, I will bow me down where my brothers bow, Humble, but open eyed.

Don Marquis
— Don Marquis, The God-Maker, Man.

Tags: creeds, false, true, low, shrines, brothers, bow, there, form

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Every cloud has a silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.

Don Marquis

Tags: Funny

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