Don Marquis Quotes
July 29, 1878 – December 29, 1937
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Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
Don Marquis, archy and mehitabel (1927), "certain maxims of archy" 
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More Don Marquis Quotes
an optimist is a guythat has never hadmuch experience
Don Marquis— certain maxims of archy
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)
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)
A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.
Don Marquis— As quoted in O Rare Don Marquis, a Biography, by Edward Anthony (1962), Ch. 11
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
procrastination is theart of keepingup with yesterday
Don Marquis— certain maxims of archy
what in hellhave i done to deserveall these kittens
Don Marquis— mehitabel and her kittens
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
it is a cheering thought to thinkthat god is on the side of the best digestion
Don Marquis— the big bad wolf
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
there is alwaysa comforting thoughtin time of trouble whenit is not our trouble
Don Marquis— comforting thoughts
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Every cloud has a silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.
Don Marquis
dance mehitabel dance
caper and shake a leg
what little blood is left
will fizz like wine in a keg
— mehitabel dances with boreas (1927)
