Don Marquis Quote

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.


As quoted in The Volta Review (1934), p. 574, Clifton Fadiman: The American Treasury 1455-1955 (New York 1955) p. 997 and Hugh Rawson, Margaret Miner: The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations (2006) p. 431 #5 from archy and mehitabel (1927)


If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.