Quote by Don Marquis
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. - Don Mar

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience. – Don Marquis

Other quotes by Don Marquis

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

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Poetry
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prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into – Don Marquis

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

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Business
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Other Quotes from
Experience
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We believe that Lebanon has been the first real experience for all the Arabs. – Bashar al-Assad

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Experience

When Im writing, Im trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because thats how life is lived, you know? – Charlie Kaufman

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Experience

We are creating a unique experience. Its starts with how you see the building from a distance. – Helmut Jahn

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Experience

Films that are entertainments give simple answers but I think thats ultimately more cynical, as it denies the viewer room to think. If there are more answers at the end, then surely it is a richer experience. – Michael Haneke

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Experience

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One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool. – Chinese Proverb

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Humor

Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life. – A. N. Wilson

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Truth

In motivating people, youve got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example – and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved. – Rupert Murdoch

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Hope

There was endless action – not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk – the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part. – Charles Spalding

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Sports