Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

Quote by Don Marquis

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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...

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.

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

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

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...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

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...

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...

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...

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.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

I would rather start a family than finish one.

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...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

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.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

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....

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of...

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another