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.

Quote by Don Marquis

Topics: Age Quotes

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to...

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

Bores bore each other too; but it never seems to teach them anything.

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

A hypocrite is a person who - but who isn't?

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

We pay for the mistakes of our ancestors, and it seems only fair that they...

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has...

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...