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Minute Quotes by Mark Twain
- Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography that exists in…
- I never could do anything with figures, never had any talent for mathematics, never accomplished anything in my efforts at that rugged study, and to-day…
- Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth…
- The minute we get reconciled to a person, how willing we are to throw aside little needless punctilios and pronounce his name right.
- A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
- If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me…
- Humor is the great thing, the saving thing after all. The minute it crops up, all our hardnesses yield, all our irritations, and resentments flit…
- Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritation and resentments slip away, and a sunny spirit takes…
More Minute Quotes
- Our Bible reveals to us the character of our god with minute and remorseless exactness... It is perhaps the most damnatory biography… — Mark Twain
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong
- Absolutely, it's a really weird stage because at the minute, I can walk down the street and be unrecognised, lead a normal… — James Blunt
- It only takes a minute to cause hurt but sometimes a lifetime to repair. Be careful with your words and actions. — Rhonda Byrne
- I have been known to buy e-versions of my books because I was in a hotel room and I needed one right… — Margaret Atwood
- The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by… — Charles Babbage
- Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next. — Tyra Banks
- Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other.… — Donald Berwick