Quote of the Day: Don Marquis on Thinking (I Think)

 

“If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; But if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.” — Don Marquis

Today is the 142nd anniversary of Don Marquis’ birth. How are you celebrating? Perhaps a bit of Archy and Mehitabel? Perhaps the Old Soak? Gutenberg has a few of his works.

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  1. Arahant Member
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    This is the Quote of the Day. If you have a quotation you think appropriate for Ricochet, or just want to start a conversation, why not sign up? We have plenty of openings in August. Quote of the Day can be the easiest way to start a conversation on Ricochet.

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  2. Richard Fulmer Inactive
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    Arahant: If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; But if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.—Don Marquis

    I had to think about that one.  Now I hate you.

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  3. Arahant Member
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    Richard Fulmer (View Comment):
    Now I hate you.

    It’s taken until now? 🤔😁

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  4. Percival Thatcher
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    Richard Fulmer (View Comment):
    Now I hate you.

    It’s taken until now? 🤔😁

    Nah. It just goes on the list.

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  5. Percival Thatcher
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    let a little of the hate spill over on marquis who was too lazy to bother with the shift key or punctuation marks

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  6. Richard Fulmer Inactive
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    Richard Fulmer (View Comment):
    Now I hate you.

    It’s taken until now? 🤔😁

    I don’t know.  I’ll have to think about it.

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  7. Arahant Member
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    Percival (View Comment):

    let a little of the hate spill over on marquis who was too lazy to bother with the shift key or punctuation marks

    Now, that’s not true. It was only that Archy couldn’t hit two keys at once. At one point, he did engage the shift-lock key, and then did everything in all Caps. When Marquis wrote about Archy and Mehitabel, he capitalized appropriately.

    Edited to add: Archy sounds like a few of our members. I wonder… Could they be?

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  8. Al French of Damascus Moderator
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    I was introduced to Archy and Mehitabel by a high school English teacher. I think it is the only book from high school that I still have.

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  9. Arthur Beare Member
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    . . . Archy sounds like a few of our members. I wonder… Could they be?

    Yes, several are that smart.  I’m sure that’s what you meant, right?

     

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  10. Arahant Member
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    Arthur Beare (View Comment):

    Arahant (View Comment):

    . . . Archy sounds like a few of our members. I wonder… Could they be?

    Yes, several are that smart. I’m sure that’s what you meant, right?

    I was thinking small, but whatever.

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  11. MISTER BITCOIN Inactive
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    If everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking

     

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  12. Arahant Member
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    MISTER BITCOIN (View Comment):

    If everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking

    Very true. Do you know what I’m thinking?

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  13. MISTER BITCOIN Inactive
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    Arahant (View Comment):

    MISTER BITCOIN (View Comment):

    If everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking

    Very true. Do you know what I’m thinking?

    Glenlivet on the rocks?

     

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  14. Lois Lane Coolidge
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    MISTER BITCOIN (View Comment):

    If everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking

     

    I think that one is normally attributed to George Patton.

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  15. Arahant Member
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    MISTER BITCOIN (View Comment):
    Glenlivet on the rocks?

    No, but I like the way you think.

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  16. David Foster Member
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    ““If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; But if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.”

    Brilliant…and applies to those “progressives” who have bumper stickers about their Open Minds while ensuring that their opinions conform to those expected in their social and professional circles.

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  17. MISTER BITCOIN Inactive
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    Lois Lane (View Comment):

    MISTER BITCOIN (View Comment):

    If everyone is thinking the same thing, no one is thinking

     

    I think that one is normally attributed to George Patton.

    I definitely plagiarized 

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