It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Quote by Don Marquis

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An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

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

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

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them...

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you. If you really make them...

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...

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...

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?'

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

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...

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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 sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

A sequel is an admission that you've been reduced to imitating yourself.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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.

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than...

Arriving late was a way of saying that your own time was more valuable than...

Promptness is the soul of business

Promptness is the soul of business