Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Quote by Don Marquis

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There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

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

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

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...

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...

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

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

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

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

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

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

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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...

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...

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?'

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...