When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: Whose? – Don Marquis
I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much. – Don Marquis
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 – Don Marquis
Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates. – Don Marquis
The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that youre not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, youll make yourself unhappy, because life doesnt work like that. So much is luck. Its much better to let yourself off, to think, Theres nothing I can do. – Matthew Macfadyen