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

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

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

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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....

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.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind.

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...

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it...

Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it...

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...

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...

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness.

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

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

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

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...

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...

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...

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...

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers...

One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers...