Meta Quote by Randall Munroe Download Open image ““This quote is often falsely attributed to Mark Twain.”” — Randall Munroe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Meta Quotes
“[An example of misattribution:] If you don’t know the source of a quote, you can always make it sound better by attributing it to… — Jakub Marian Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain. "The truth should never be permitted to stand in the way of a good story.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“As Mark Twain is reputed to have said, “Some of the worst things in my life never even happened.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think it was Mark Twain who said, “Get your facts straight, and then you can distort them as much as you like. — Josh Lanyon Copy Share Image
“The truth is a fragile thing, but a lie, well told, can live forever. “ — Mark Twain” — Rebecca Nugent Copy Share Image
“My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes — most of which never happened. Mark Twain” — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“When you find that you are on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain” — Steve J. Leatherwood Copy Share Image
“A truth is not hard to kill, and a lie well told is immortal.” - Mark Twain” — David Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, “Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest,” — Phil Cousineau Copy Share Image
“It’s not the story-line that makes for good reading…but the storyteller. I believe Mark Twain could have filled out a credit application and made… — Rob Wood Copy Share Image
“You can take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him,… — Alexandra Nouri Copy Share Image
“The men had two favorite modes of speech, wild exaggeration and ludicrous understatement. Ideally, both were delivered deadpan. Time and again, the accounts overflow… — Edward Dolnick Copy Share Image
There is a danger of building an identity around the idea of being smart because it is very easy to become off-putting, to become… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
I'm sad that my childhood came just slightly before the lithium-ion-battery boom, because I would've killed for the cheap radio-controlled helicopters they have now. — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
“A 1-watt laser is an extremely dangerous thing. It’s not just powerful enough to blind you—it’s capable of burning skin and setting things on… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
“The X-Plane author compared piloting Martian aircraft to flying a supersonic ocean liner.” — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
“We don’t know what astatine looks like, because, as Lowe put it, “that stuff just doesn’t want to exist.” It’s so radioactive (with a… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
Space is about 100 kilometers away. That’s far away—I wouldn’t want to climb a ladder to get there—but it isn’t that far away. If… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
I try not to spend too much time interpreting my comics for people, because I try to put out there whatever I can, and… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful:… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
“Cleveland-area fans of French children's literature were disappointed by the Prince's decision to sign with the Miami Heat.” — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
“Q. How fast can you hit a speed bump while driving and live? —Myrlin Barber A. Surprisingly fast. First, a disclaimer. After reading this… — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
“But I have already told the beginning, so right now it's the middle. And Zeb is in the middle of the story about Zeb.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“But every time we read a new version of the Arthurian legend, we must compare, contrast, and recreate our image of the characters: each… — Ann F. Howey Copy Share Image
“La lucha por llegar a las cumbres basta para llenar un corazón de hombre. Hay que imaginarse a Sísifo feliz.” — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“It was one of those perfect Autumn days so common in stories and rare in the real world.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Pulaski had never been one for the overwrought plot; any entanglement he could imagine between these two lines of evidence was willful to the… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
“In the novels, it always seemed best to keep the suspect talking. Inevitably, help would arrive. I really held out no hope for such… — Ashley Weaver Copy Share Image
“As far as I'm concerned, you can't beat a good whodunnit: the twists and turns, the clues and the red herrings and then, finally,… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
“A monster crosses over into the everyday world. The mortals struggle and show great courage, but it’s no use. The monster kills first the… — Daryl Gregory Copy Share Image
“They do think the world is some kind of science-fiction novel, then. Do you realize how fervently most people will believe in the promises… — Dexter Palmer Copy Share Image
“I stared at the list, as though willing the murderer's name to appear in red letters before my eyes. I felt I was so… — Ashley Weaver Copy Share Image
“Why perform a meta-analysis? what is a meta-analysis? Meta-analysis is an analytical approach designed to summarize the consequences of multiple research.” — Madhukar Shivajirao Dama Copy Share Image
