Quotations by Author



Don Marquis



Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.


There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has a right to blame us.


The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.


Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.