All Mark Twain Quotes
- It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal… Any
- Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular… Along
- Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of… Achieve
- All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure. You can "already know for sure" things that could actually impede… Achieved
- We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we… Anxious
- I can teach anybody how to get, what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me… Accomplished
- If the desire to kill and the opportunity to kill always came together, who would escape hanging? Framed in a more positive light, this tells… Accomplish
- The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them. It is said that leaders are readers. However… Advantage
- I have spent most of my time worrying about things that have never happened. Worrying is not an action! In fact, it is action that… Action
- When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was… All
- We are discreet sheep; we wait to see how the drove is going, and then go with the drove. Discreet
- He had an uncommon fondness for cats. As an old man summering in New Hampshire, Twain even rented kittens from a nearby farm to keep… Always Something
- Man can seldom - very, very, seldom - fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy. Education
- My father was an amazing man. The older I got, the smarter he got. Amazing
- Let your joy be unconfined! Funny
- Some people bring joy wherever they go, and some people bring joy whenever they go. Bring
- Love is an irreresisistible desire to be irresistibily desired. Desire
- Every improvement that is put upon the real estate is the result of an idea in somebody's head. The skyscraper is another idea; the railroad… All
- It used to be a good hotel, but that proves nothing - I used to be a good boy. Boy
- All saints can do miracles, but few of them can keep a hotel. All
- There was never a century nor a country that was short of experts who knew the Deity's mind and were willing to reveal it. Century
- Never do wrong when people are looking. Funny
- Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it. Afford
- Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies. All
- There are people who think that honesty is always the best policy. This is a superstition. There are times when the appearance of it is… Appearance