An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

Quote by Don Marquis

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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.

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.

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

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...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just...

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week...

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,...

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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....

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.

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...

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

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

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.