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

Quote by Don Marquis

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

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

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.

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...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

In all systems of theology the devil figures as a male person. Yes, it is...

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

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

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

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...

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.