Mark twain Quote by Mark Twain

Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.

— Bob Newhart

“The happiness of the South was very formidable. It was an almost invincible happiness. It defied you to call it anything else. Everyone was…

— Walker Percy

“Twain wrote in 1869 that “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” Galton had explored extensively in the 1840s, as privileged young men…

— Adam Rutherford

“The future historian will rank him as one of the heroes of the nineteenth century. {Stanton's opinion of the great Robert Ingersoll }”

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lincoln was the Twain of our politics.

— Fred Kaplan

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So…

— Mark Twain

“The South was a special place, a chosen people, the best of all possible worlds.”

— Marie Jakober

“was at first bitter, and showed itself in ashes, insult, and blood; for the South believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro.…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“This is a work of fiction, which, contrary to what any reader paying attention to recent events might assume, I began writing more than…

— Joy Jordan-Lake

“To compare Mark Twain’s early verse to his late is a bit like comparing a clown to a tragedian. In their unpretentious areas, many…

— Arthur L. Scott

“I read from Mark Twain's lips one or two of his good stories. He has his own way of thinking, saying and doing everything.…

— Helen Keller

“The Lamar Life stationary carried on its letterhead an oval portrait of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, for whom the Company had been named: a…

— Eudora Welty