“It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Wherever he found his speech growing too modern -- which was about every sentence or two -- he ladled in a few… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins.… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It made one mad, for pleasure; and we could not take our eyes from him, and the looks that went out of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“It is by the goodness of god that in our country we have those 3 unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“As a rule it will listen to neither a dull speaker nor a bright one. It refuses all persuasion. The dull speaker… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The reason that certain tender subjects are avoided and forbidden in all other clubs is because those clubs consist of more than… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whenever the human race assembles to a number exceeding four, it cannot stand free speech. — Mark Twain 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 Copy Share Image
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Look at the tyranny of party-- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty-- a snare invented by designing men for selfish… — Mark Twain 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 Copy Share Image
Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
