Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Quote by Don Marquis

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Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

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

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

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 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.

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....

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

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.

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...

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...

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

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...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

A demagogue is a person with whom we disagree as to which gang should mismanage...

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?'