--- title: "22 House Quotes By Mark Twain" description: "22 House quotes by Mark Twain. Plus more from Mark Twain and more House sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/mark-twain-22_cursing_there-ought-to-be-a-room-in-every-house_791557.png" --- > [There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-ought-to-be-a-room-in-every-house-to-swear-in-it-s-dangerous-to/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/mark-twain-22_cursing_there-ought-to-be-a-room-in-every-house_791557.png) > [One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/one-may-make-their-house-a-palace-of-sham-or-they-can-make-it-a-home/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/mark-twain-22_home_one-may-make-their-house-a-palace-of-sha_2130628.png) > [Our best built certainties are but sand-houses and subject to damage from any wind of doubt that blows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/our-best-built-certainties-are-but-sand-houses-and-subject-to-damage/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4be/mark-twain-22_blow_our-best-built-certainties-are-but-sand_848804.jpg) > [I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-shall-never-use-profanity-except-in-discussing-house-rent-and-taxes/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/mark-twain-22_discussing_i-shall-never-use-profanity-except-in-di_1147041.png) > [The house was as empty as a beer closet in premises where painters have been at work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-house-was-as-empty-as-a-beer-closet-in-premises-where-painters/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fc/mark-twain-22_beer_the-house-was-as-empty-as-a-beer-closet_1021398.png) > [The partitions of the houses were so thin we could hear the women occupants of adjoining rooms changing their minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-partitions-of-the-houses-were-so-thin-we-could-hear-the-women/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea5/mark-twain-22_express-yourself_the-partitions-of-the-houses-were-so-thi_1147525.png) > [When someone dies, it is like when your house burns down; it isn't for years that you realize the full extent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/when-someone-dies-it-is-like-when-your-house-burns-down-it-isn-t-for/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/mark-twain-22_dies_when-someone-dies-it-is-like-when-your-h_1230609.png) > [To us, our house was not unsentient matter -- it had a heart, and a soul, and eyes to see us with;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/to-us-our-house-was-not-unsentient-matter-it-had-a-heart-and-a-soul/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab5/mark-twain-22_approval_to-us-our-house-was-not-unsentient-matte_619190.jpg) > [The idea that a baby doesn't amount to anything! Why, one baby is just a house and a front yard full by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-idea-that-a-baby-doesn-t-amount-to-anything-why-one-baby-is-just/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/mark-twain-22_activity_the-idea-that-a-baby-doesn-t-amount-to-a_1115565.png) > [I felt it was my duty to praise all of God's works with fervent enthusiasm. At the same time I killed flies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-felt-it-was-my-duty-to-praise-all-of-god-s-works-with-fervent/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd5/mark-twain-22_contempt_i-felt-it-was-my-duty-to-praise-all-of-g_1244480.png) > [No one can tell me what is a good cigar - for me. I am the only judge. People who claim to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/no-one-can-tell-me-what-is-a-good-cigar-for-me-i-am-the-only-judge-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/mark-twain-22_cigar_no-one-can-tell-me-what-is-a-good-cigar_288045.png) > [ \[I\] shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not use it then,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-shall-never-use-profanity-except-in-discussing-house-rent-and-taxes-2/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b42/mark-twain-22_cents_i-shall-never-use-profanity-except-in-di_2142983.png) > [There's nobody for me to attack in this matter even with soft and gentle ridicule-and I shouldn't ever think of using a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-s-nobody-for-me-to-attack-in-this-matter-even-with-soft-and/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/mark-twain-22_book_there-s-nobody-for-me-to-attack-in-this_639507.png) > [I am technically "boss" of the family which I am carrying along-but I am grateful to know that it is only technically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-am-technically-boss-of-the-family-which-i-am-carrying-along-but-i/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ad/mark-twain-22_authority_i-am-technically-boss-of-the-family-whic_2447204.jpg) > [It has been reported that I was seriously ill--it was another man; dying--it was another man; dead--the other man again...As far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-has-been-reported-that-i-was-seriously-ill-it-was-another-man/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/524/mark-twain-22_american-flag_it-has-been-reported-that-i-was-seriousl_2440853.png) > [By reading keep in a state of excited igorance, like a blind man in a house afire; flounder around, immensely but unintelligently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/by-reading-keep-in-a-state-of-excited-igorance-like-a-blind-man-in-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e4/mark-twain-22_blind_by-reading-keep-in-a-state-of-excited-ig_1284199.png) > [A brown spotted lady-bug climbed the dizzy height of a grass blade, and Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-brown-spotted-lady-bug-climbed-the-dizzy-height-of-a-grass-blade/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/mark-twain-22_bent_a-brown-spotted-lady-bug-climbed-the-diz_2465323.png) > [Where was the use, originally, in rushing this whole globe through in six days? It is likely that if more time had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/where-was-the-use-originally-in-rushing-this-whole-globe-through-in/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80d/mark-twain-22_brooms_where-was-the-use-originally-in-rushing_1591794.png) > [Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/protestant-parents-still-keep-a-bible-handy-in-the-house-so-that-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/mark-twain-22_bible_protestant-parents-still-keep-a-bible-ha_1778173.jpg) > [A man's house burns down. The smoking wreckage represents only a ruined home that was dear through years of use and pleasant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-man-s-house-burns-down-the-smoking-wreckage-represents-only-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/mark-twain-22_association_a-man-s-house-burns-down-the-smoking-wre_2279499.jpg) > [There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-nothing-in-either-savage-or-civilized-history-that-is-more/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/mark-twain-22_baby_there-is-nothing-in-either-savage-or-civ_307182.jpg) > [Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/written-things-are-not-for-speech-their-form-is-literary-they-are/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f5/mark-twain-22_bores_written-things-are-not-for-speech-their_145023.jpg) ## Other authors on House ## More by Mark Twain > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/sing-like-no-one-s-listening-love-like-you-ve-never-been-hurt-dance/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you could not have graduated with higher honor than you could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-you-had-made-the-acquiring-of-ignorance-the-study-of-your-life-you/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“The Creator sat upon the throne, thinking. Behind him stretched the illimitable continent of heaven, steeped in a glory of light and color; before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-creator-sat-upon-the-throne-thinking-behind-him-stretched-the/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it hundreds of times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-s-easy-to-quit-smoking-i-ve-done-it-hundreds-of-times/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“It is never wrong to do the right thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/it-is-never-wrong-to-do-the-right-thing/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [A man accustomed to American food and American domestic cookery would not starve to death suddenly in Europe, but I think he would gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/a-man-accustomed-to-american-food-and-american-domestic-cookery-would/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [There is nothing training can't cannot do. Nothing is above its reach.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/there-is-nothing-training-can-t-cannot-do-nothing-is-above-its-reach/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [I never write Metropolis for seven cents because I can get the same price for city. I never write policeman because I can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/i-never-write-metropolis-for-seven-cents-because-i-can-get-the-same/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [The higher animals get their teeth without pain or inconvenience. Man gets his through months and months of cruel torture; he will never get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/the-higher-animals-get-their-teeth-without-pain-or-inconvenience-man/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [“As far as I can see, Italy, for fifteen hundred years, has turned all her energies, all her finances, and all her industry to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/as-far-as-i-can-see-italy-for-fifteen-hundred-years-has-turned-all/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/begin-with-the-determination-to-succeed-and-the-work-is-half-done/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/many-public-school-children-seem-to-know-only-two-dates-1492-and-4th/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [If we could imagine such a man, that is a man who could invent the fly and send him out on his mission and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/if-we-could-imagine-such-a-man-that-is-a-man-who-could-invent-the-fly/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [You perceive, now, that these things are all impossible except in a dream. You perceive that they are pure and puerile insanities, the silly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/you-perceive-now-that-these-things-are-all-impossible-except-in-a/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) > [Lord save us all from a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-twain/lord-save-us-all-from-a-hope-tree-that-has-lost-the-faculty-of/) [Mark Twain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-twain/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house/mark-twain/#itemlist", "name": "22 House Quotes By Mark Twain", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. 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