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Mark Twain
I was born...
I was born excited.
Source: When asked the reason for his success.
-- Mark...
I would rather...
I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of...
I was born...
I was born modest; not all over, but in spots.
Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30...
It's not the...
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
It is difference...
It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.
Source: Pudd'nhead Wilson Ch....
I would like...
I would like to live in Manchester, England. The transition between Manchester and death would be...
I'll take Heaven...
I'll take Heaven for the climate and Hell for society.
Source: In Mark Twain's...
If man had...
If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.
Source: In
Laws are sand,...
Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped, but an openly transgressed custom brings...
It is easier...
It is easier to stay out than get out.
Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever...
In Boston they...
In Boston they ask, How much does he know? In New York, How much is he worth? In Philadelphia, Who were his...
If to be...
If to be interesting is to be uncommonplace, it is becoming a question, with me, if there are any commonplace...
If there was...
If there was two birds sitting on a fence, he would bet you which one would fly first.
Life would be...
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach...
It's good sportsmanship...
It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling.
In a museum...
In a museum in Havana there are two skulls of Christopher Columbus -- 'one when he was a boy and one when he was a...
If you have...
If you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Source: In
In the South,...
In the South, the war is what A.D. is elsewhere: they date from it.
Source: Life on...
Loyalty to petrified...
Loyalty to petrified opinions never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul in this world -- and never...
Kings is mostly...
Kings is mostly rapscallions.
Source:
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US...