Don Marquis
Don Marquis
Donald Robert Perry Marquiswas a humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel", supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play, a silent movieand a talkie...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 July 1878
CountryUnited States of America
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
a man thinks he amounts to a great deal but to a flea or a mosquito a human being is merely something good to eat
An idea is not responsible for the people who believe in it.
I say that I am myself, but what is this Self of mine But a knot in the tangled skein of things where chance and change combine? Donald R
I never think when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them well.
How often when they find a sage, As sweet as Socrates or Plato; They hand him hemlock for his wage, Or bake him like a sweet potato! Donald R
If you make people think they're thinking they'll love you: but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.