Twain Quotes

96 Twain quotes by 78 unique authors

The pilot of the Galilean lake; Two massy keys he bore, of metals twain (The golden opes, the iron shuts amain). — John Milton
William Shakespeare was the most remarkable storyteller that the world has ever known. Homer told of adventure and men at war, Sophocles and Tolstoy told… — Marchette Chute
A heartwarming tale of Christmas past that's chock full of all the wit and hilarity we admire in America's favorite humorist--Mark Twain. Carlo DeVito brings… — Unknown Author
If Mark Twain had had Twitter, he would have been amazing at it. But he probably wouldn't have gotten around to writing Huckleberry Finn. — Andy Borowitz
I read Norman Lock’s The Boy in His Winter with delight and amazement. Styled in the vernacular of a rapidly changing America, it stays true to the… — Unknown Author
If social protest is antithetical to art, what then shall we make of Goya, Dickens, and Twain? — Ralph Ellison
Nom de Plume uses the device of the pseudonym to unite the likes of Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, Fernando Pessoa, and Patricia Highsmith into a… — Elif Batuman
Mark Twain on George Ade's writing: I have been reading him [Ade] again, and my admiration overflows all limits. How effortless the limning! It is… — George Ade
Students don't know who Mark Twain was because he wasn't on the test. — Kinky Friedman
Let me confess that we two must be twain, although our undivided loves are one. — William Shakespeare
Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did, from a desk… — Annie Dillard
Mark Twain had it backwards. Nowadays everybody is doing something about the weather, but nobody is talking about it. — Stephen Schneider
Mark Dawidziak is as comfy and entertaining a tour guide through the world of Mark Twain as Twain himself was a tour guide through the… — David Bianculli
Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're… — Val Kilmer
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. — Rudyard Kipling
There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. - Mark Twain, author Making… — Graham Lowe
I'd like to make people who see me in comic pantomime on the screen feel the way Mark Twain makes his readers feel. — Dorothy Gish
Girl, when he gives you kisses twain, use one, and let the other stay; And hoard it, for moons die, red fades, and you may… — Ridgely Torrence
An average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some other person, he generally selects Mark Twain. — Thomas A. Edison
I'm a big John Steinbeck fan. Cormac McCarthy. I've always loved the stories of regular people. Mark Twain, too. When you look back at some… — Lucas Neff
My office walls are covered with autographs of famous writers - it's what my children call my 'dead author wall.' I have signatures from Mark… — Debbie Macomber
As one of the first editors at 'Outside' magazine in 1975, it was my contention that most American writing going back to James Fennimore Cooper… — Tim Cahill
Mark Twain cannot be defined. — Hal Holbrook
Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age. — Chuck Jones
But really, it was reading that led me to writing. And in particular, reading the American classics like Twain who taught me at an early… — Russell Banks

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