Twain Quotes

96 Twain quotes by 78 unique authors

Mark Twain had a way of telling stories that shifts your consciousness away from labels. — Val Kilmer
Mark Twain is as big as America. He really is. — Val Kilmer
America's Facebook generation shows a submission to standardization that I haven't seen before. The American adventure has always been about people forgetting their former selves… — Jaron Lanier
Mark Twain was very unhappy with himself for various reasons. He was very unhappy with America of this time. He thought it was terrible we… — Joyce Carol Oates
I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity,… — Terry Pratchett
I bought a book of Mark Twain quotes. That's about my speed. I'll read a couple quotes and put it down. — Kid Rock
Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather… — Paul Theroux
It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to forget in this… — John Kennedy Toole
Sir Thomas More was a victim of injustice and irony. Generously and meekly, just as he was about to be martyred, he said: Paul .… — Neal A. Maxwell
Where is it written that if you don't like religion you are somehow disqualified from being a legitimate American? What was Mark Twain, a Russian? — Hendrik Hertzberg
Seriously, our nation is never going to be on the same page on issues like gun control, welfare, the economy, the environment, etc. I doubt… — Jen Lancaster
Veneration of Mark Twain is one of the roots of our current intellectual stalemate. — John Kennedy Toole
I'm not going to lay down in words the lure of this place. Every great writer in the land, from Faulkner to Twain to Rice… — Chris Rose
OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at Godâ€™s great Judgment Seat;… — Rudyard Kipling
To love in any way is to be like a childâ€”it means to be vulnerable, to be wide-eyed, to be selfless. There is no such… — Ted Dekker
And I knew in my bones that Emily Dickinson wouldn't have written even one poem if she'd had two howling babies, a husband bent on… — Jennifer Donnelly
But now, you are twain, you are cloven apart Flesh of his flesh, but heart of my heart. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.… — Mark Twain
A man once said, 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.' Mark Twain, you know. He had a… — Laini Taylor
I think it was Mark Twain who said, â€œGet your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you like. — Josh Lanyon

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