Lightning Bug Quote by Robert Morris

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ― Mark Twain, The…

— Zan Marie Steadham

Mark Twain said, 'The right word is to the nearly right word as lightning is to the lightning bug.' Fill your book with lightning.

— Robert Littell

“The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the same as that between lightning and the lightning bug.”

— Mark Twain

“I discovered that the difference between finding the right word as opposed to accepting the almost right word was the difference between being struck…

— Dan Simmons

“This quote is often falsely attributed to Mark Twain.”

— Randall Munroe

“When you find that you are on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain”

— Steve J. Leatherwood

“Mark Twain wrote, "The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”

— Rusty Watson

“The man who doesn't read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." Mark Twain”

— Tim Underwood

“Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson, “Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest,”

— Phil Cousineau

“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

“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

“We're like lightning and thunder, inherently different but alike enough to share the same sky.”

— Krista Ritchie