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)
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