Quote by Don Marquis
The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that

The goal of all civilization, all religious thought, and all that sort of thing is simply to have a good time. But man gets so solemn over the process that he forgets the end. – Don Marquis

Other quotes by Don Marquis

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. – Don Marquis

Category:
Age
Read Quote

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. – Don Marquis

Category:
Business
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Party Invitation
category

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. – George Santayana, "War Shrines," Soliloquies in England and Later Solilo

Where the hostess is handsome the wine is good. – French Proverb

Health – what my friends are always drinking to before they fall down. – Phyllis Diller

When the wine goes in, strange things come out. – Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, The Piccolomini, 1799

Random Quotes

Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find. – Anthony DAngelo

Category:
Enjoyment

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers. – Deepak Chopra

Category:
Heart

The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Category:
Friendship

When you become a parent, or a teacher, you turn into a manager of this whole system. You become the person controlling the bubble of innocence around a child, regulating it. – Kazuo Ishiguro

Category:
teacher