well well boss there is something to be said for the lyric … - Don Marquis | Quotewise

" "
well well boss there is
something to be said
for the lyric and imperial
attitude
believe that everything is for
you until you discover that you are for it
sing your faith in what you
get to eat right up to the
minute you are eaten
for you are going to be eaten

Don Marquis

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About Don Marquis

Donald Robert Perry Marquis (29 July 1878 – 29 December 1937) was an American humorist, journalist, novelist, poet, cartoonist, newspaper columnist, and playwright most famous for creating the characters "Archy" the cockroach, and "Mehitabel" the cat.

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Alternative Names: Donald Robert Perry Marquis • Don Maquis

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Originators like Don Marquis:

John Steinbeck Ogden Nash W. H. Auden T. S. Eliot Jerome K. Jerome

Additional quotes by Don Marquis

procrastination is the
art of keeping
up with yesterday

an optimist is a guy
that has never had
much experience

The individual aspiration is always defeated of its perfect fruition and expression, but it is never lost; it passes into the conglomerate being of the race. The way to encourage yourself about the human race is to look at it first from a distance; look at the lights on the high spots.