Mark Twain Quotes

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Mark Twain

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• When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to serve Him. No one saw what I endured... At the moment of my entrance into this new state I felt a joy so great that it has never failed me even to this day; and God converted the dryness of my soul into a very great tenderness.

  

  Saint Teresa of Avila
  • Great
  • God
  • Soul

• Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.

  

  Sammi Hanratty
  • Teenager
  • Go
  • Through

• The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Words
  • Best
  • Sometimes

• One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.

  

  Lata Mangeshkar
  • Career
  • Point
  • Committed

• Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?

  

  Zara Larsson
  • Know
  • Teaching
  • Coach

• Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • War
  • Politics
  • Without

• Man, y'know, I'm a music guy. I like a lot of different things. It depends on the time of the day and the situation.

  

  LaMarr Woodley
  • Time
  • Music
  • Different

• Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
  • People
  • Good
  • Love

• Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • People
  • History
  • Political

• Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.

  

  Flula Borg
  • Strong
  • Sometimes
  • Exercise

• Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.

  

  Ted Rall
  • Good
  • You
  • Better

• In spite of the polls, the fact is that American Muslims are very happy and they thrive in this country.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • Country
  • American
  • Happy

• When people are in the midst of really heavy stuff and still have a sense of humor, I admire that.

  

  Ted Danson
  • People
  • Humor
  • Admire

• I have a particular image, and my customers know my line isn't going to be so trendy it will be out of style next year.

  

  Jaclyn Smith
  • Know
  • Style
  • Year

• I don't have any tricky plays, I'd rather have tricky players.

  

  Abe Lemons
  • Players
  • Rather
  • Tricky

• In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Soul
  • Security
  • Losing

• I'm sort of suspicious of most economic development projects, but the ones that encourage taxpayer-funded relocation bidding wars should be declared unconstitutional.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Development
  • Economic

• I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

  

  Sherri Shepherd
  • Way
  • God
  • Take Control

• Passover is my idea of a perfect holiday. Dear God, when you're handing out plagues of darkness, locusts, hail, boils, flies, lice, frogs, and cattle murrain, and turning the Nile to blood and smiting the firstborn, give me a pass. And tell me when it's over.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • God
  • Perfect
  • Idea

• Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. They're all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. They're tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.

  

  Andrew Bird
  • Words
  • Deception

• I will get things done for America.... Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground.... Faced with adversity, I will persevere. I will carry this commitment with me this year. I am an Americorps volunteer.

  

  Bill Clinton
  • America
  • Action
  • Conflict

• How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny?

  

  Ferdowsi
  • Man
  • Destiny
  • Escape

• Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

  

  Mark Twain
  • Words
  • Action