Don Marquis Quotes

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

Don Marquis

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I'm from Maine. I eat apple pie for breakfast.

Rachel Nichols
- Breakfast
- Apple
- Pie
To have a songwriter that wrote so specifically what I felt to be true... I've never been much of an actor either. If something is real for me, then I can do it.

Barry McGuire
- Real
- True
- Me
I was unbelievably lucky.

Wendy Hiller
- Lucky
- Unbelievably
I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.

T. J. Miller
- People
- Like
- Hip Hop
A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.

Zach Galifianakis
- Up
- Good
- Think
Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.

Naomi Klein
- War
- History
- Promise