[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary."… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Look, see, learn, become a citizen of Mankind, not just Hannibal, Missouri. That is the message of [Mark] Twain. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
I never, ever update Mark Twain. I don't modernize it. I let the audience update the material. When I go out on… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
What are we going to do about the injuries to our country still going on right in front of our eyes? It… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Why do I keep performing at my age? What else am I going to do? Play golf? I tried that years ago… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
The interesting scope of Mark Twain's development as a human being is that he grew. He saw, he travelled, he studied this… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain is pointing at you. You, the reader of the book one hundred and thirty years ago and today. That is… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Mark Twain married the daughter of one of New York State's leading Abolitionists, Jervis Langdon, who helped Frederick Douglass who became the… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
The main thing about money is that it makes you do things you don't want to do. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
Man is the religious animal. He is the only one that's got true religion, several of them. — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain called Congress "the only distinctly native criminal class in America. We've lately sent a United States Senator to the penitentiary." That was… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
There was so much to learn and it was all fun. But the best part was getting a laugh from an audience. That was… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
[Mark] Twain was a publisher. He published General Grant's Memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image