Quote by Don Marquis
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimist

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. – Don Marquis

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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose-petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. – Don Marquis

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Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. – Mark Twain

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People ask do you make a conscious effort not to swear? – if youre doing silly stuff youre not tempted to put swearing in. All the comics from my childhood, who were funny without swearing, were the people that influenced me. What I do is quite traditional anyway. – Tim Vine

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I listen like mad to any conversation taking place next to me just trying to hear why this is funny. Womens restrooms are especially great. I wash my hands twice waiting for people to come in and start talking. – Lynda Barry

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My job is mostly to entertain and be funny. – Rosie ODonnell

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Im also doing constant book readings, movies. You name it, Im doing it. – Lynn Redgrave

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Shadows fall on even the brightest hours. – Bryan Waller Proctor