if a swiss cheese could think
“If a swiss cheese could think, it would think that a swiss cheese was the most important thing in the world — just as everything that can think at all Continue Reading →
“If a swiss cheese could think, it would think that a swiss cheese was the most important thing in the world — just as everything that can think at all Continue Reading →
“If a child shows himself to be incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.” Continue Reading →
“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.” — Don Marquis
Like father, like daughter: Click on the news clipping at right — from the Aug. 19, 1931, edition of the Los Angeles Times — to read about 13-year-old Barbara Marquis, editor Continue Reading →
From the editorial page of The (New York) Evening Sun March 29, 1916:
what the ants are saying By Don Marquis, in “archy does his part,” 1935 dear boss i was talking with an ant the other day and he handed me a Continue Reading →
the author s desk By Don Marquis, in “archy does his part,” 1935 i climbed upon my boss his desk to type a flaming ballad and there i found a Continue Reading →
immorality By Don Marquis, in “archy does his part,” 1935 i was up to central park yesterday watching some kids build a snow man when they were done and had Continue Reading →
the big bad wolf By Don Marquis, in “archy does his part,” 1935 i went to a movie show the other evening in the cuff of a friends turned up Continue Reading →
archy’s autobiography By Don Marquis, in “archys life of mehitabel,” 1933 if all the verse what i have wrote were boiled together in a kettle twould make a meal for Continue Reading →