“The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.” PersonsProblemUniverseWorryBalancePleasantModerationGolden Mean Author:Don Marquis
“Between the years of ninety-two and a hundred and two, however, we shall be the ribald, useless, drunken, outcast person we have always wished to be. We shall have a long white beard and long white hair; we shall not walk at all, but recline in a wheel chair and bellow for alcoholic beverages; in the winter we shall sit before the fire with our feet in a bucket of hot water, a decanter of corn whiskey near at hand, and write ribald songs against organized society... We look forward to a disreputable, vigorous, unhonoured, and disorderly old age.” WritingYearsLooksPersonsLongTwoHandsAgeSongWaterWhiteWalksFireFeetHairHundredHotWinterOld AgeUselessOrganizedWheelsChairsNinetyAlcoholicsCornBeardWhiskeyVigorousBucketsOutcastBeveragesHot WaterWhite HairRibald Author:Don Marquis
“An optimist is the person who has never had any experience at all.” PersonsOptimismOptimist Author:Don Marquis
“A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.” LifePersonsFunnyLaughterHumorousWittyPessimismOptimistPessimistPessimisticOptimists And Pessimists Author:Don Marquis
“A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage the country.” ShouldPersonsCountryLiteratureDisagreeGang Author:Don Marquis
“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.” LittlesPersonsSaidAgeFunnyFunTroubleMiddleMeaningfulSpiteBirthdayMiddle AgesMiddle AgedInspirational Birthday40th Birthday Author:Don Marquis
“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.” IfsWantWritingPersonsMovingReadingRichLipsPublishingCreative WritingGet Rich Author:Don Marquis
“In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.” PersonsChurchFiguresDevilMalesTheology Author:Don Marquis
