Twain Quotes

96 Twain quotes by 78 unique authors

I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read… — Roman Coppola
We twain have met like the ships upon the sea, Who behold an hour's converse, so short, so sweet: One little hour! and then, away… — Alexander Smith
Mark Twain put it best when he said, 'Reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated,. — Bill Bradley
It is difficult to be funny and great at the same time. Aristophanes and Moliere and Mark Twain must sit below Aristotle and Bossuet and… — Stephen Leacock
As a Nobel Prize winner I cannot but regret that the award was never given to Mark Twain, nor to Henry James, speaking only of… — Ernest Hemingway
My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I… — John Grisham
Bob Hope, like Mark Twain, had a sense of humor that was uniquely American, and like Twain, we'll likely not see another like him. — Dick Van Dyke
All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. — Ernest Hemingway
I read everything I could find in English - Twain, Henry James, Hemingway, really everything. And then after a while I started writing shorter pieces… — Aleksandar Hemon
Shania Twain brought a whole other fan base to country music with her sound, the way the videos were produced. — Faith Hill
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 God’s great Judgment Seat;… — Rudyard Kipling
To love in any way is to be like a child—it means to be vulnerable, to be wide-eyed, to be selfless. There is no such… — Ted Dekker

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