I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive. — Mark Twain Communication Copy Share Image
There is no end to the laws, and no beginning to the execution of them — Mark Twain Birth Copy Share Image
I have made it a rule never to smoke more than one cigar at a time. — Mark Twain Cigar Copy Share Image
Ignorance is not not knowin' - Ignorance is knowin' what ain't so. — Mark Twain Atheism Copy Share Image
My land, the power of training! Of influence! Of education! It can bring a body up to believe anything. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
His head was an hour-glass; it could stow an idea, but it had to do it a grain at a time, not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy.” — Mark Twain Compassion Copy Share Image
When the human race has once acquired a superstition, nothing short of death is ever likely to remove it. — Mark Twain Conservatism Copy Share Image
I have tried getting up early, and I have tried getting up late-and the latter agrees with me best. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Christianity will doubtless still survive in the earth ten centuries hence- stuffed and in a museum. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again. — Mark Twain Achievement Copy Share Image
A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved. — Mark Twain Country Copy Share Image
It's my opinion that every one I know has morals, though I wouldn't like to ask. I know I have. But I'd… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca Love is… — Mark Twain Brilliant Copy Share Image
“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and… — Mark Twain Communication Copy Share Image
Let us consider that we are all partially insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles; it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you will notice, there is seldom a telegram in a paper which fails to show up one or more members &… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Part of my plan has been to try to pleasantly remind adults of what they once were themselves, and of how they… — Mark Twain Adulthood Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain describes how his friend Ralph Keeler introduced him at the start of a lecture: " 'I don't know anything about… — Mark Twain Friendship Copy Share Image
“Ah, heavens and earth, friend, if you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have… — Mark Twain Education Copy Share Image
“It was in 1590--winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and… — Mark Twain Faith Copy Share Image
I am admonished in many ways that time is pushing me inexorably along. I am approaching the threshold of age; in 1977… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Fear drove many on deck that were used to avoiding the night winds and the spray. Some thought the vessel could not… — Mark Twain Fear Copy Share Image
“What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is lead in his… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
So avoid using the word 'very' because it's lazy. A man is not very tired, he is exhausted. Don't use very sad,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The laws of Nature, that is to say the laws of God, plainly made every human being a law unto himself, we… — Mark Twain Anarchy Copy Share Image
In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. Therefore, in the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
