Don Marquis
Don Marquis
Donald Robert Perry Marquiswas a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play, a silent movieand a talkie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 July 1878
CountryUnited States of America
The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.
If a child shows himself incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.
Life is one damned kitten after another." Mehitabel the Alley Cat
it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty
Nearly every night before I go to bed I ask myself, "Have I vibrated in tune with the Infinite today, or have I failed?
From 'the lesson of the moth': and before i could argue him out of his philosophy he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter i do not agree with him myself i would rather have half the happiness and twice the longevity but at the same time i wish there was something i wanted as badly as he wanted to fry himself
i have had my ups and downs but wotthehell wotthehell yesterday sceptres and crowns fried oysters and velvet gowns and today i herd with bums but wotthehell wotthehell i wake the world from sleep as i caper and sing and leap when i sing my wild free tune wotthehell wotthehell under the blear eyed moon i am pelted with cast off shoon but wotthehell wotthehell
We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they should leave us the money to pay with.
In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is women who keep the church going.
Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.
The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.
I would rather start a family than finish one.
One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.
Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.