Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.

Quote by Don Marquis

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

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...

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...

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...

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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

An idea isn't 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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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....

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?

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

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

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon...

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.