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

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

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

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....

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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....

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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