Mark Twain Quotes

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

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• The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.

  

  Ovid
  • May
  • Ability
  • Will

• Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Control
  • Person
  • Situation

• My own journey in becoming a poet began with memory - with the need to record and hold on to what was being lost. One of my earliest poems, 'Give and Take,' was about my Aunt Sugar, how I was losing her to her memory loss.

  

  Natasha Trethewey
  • Lost
  • Journey
  • Memory

• I think there is a real misconception about Indian food being super spicy. And I know that's because when you go into an Indian restaurant, it is pretty spicy. But it doesn't have to be. In fact, my husband can't handle a lot of heat. I've had to temper my cooking so that he can eat with me.

  

  Aarti Sequeira
  • Real
  • Pretty
  • Food

• Television is a real woman's medium... but what's disturbing is, still even in television, women have so little to do with what's going on behind the scenes.

  

  Patricia Richardson
  • Women
  • Real
  • Woman

• Years ago, when I was writing westerns, other writers who were friends of mine wanted me to collaborate with them. And it just didn't work.

  

  Gary Paulsen
  • Work
  • Writing
  • Friends

• A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • People
  • Said
  • Rebel

• I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Deal
  • Threats
  • Ultimatums

• One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.

  

  Camila Alves
  • Family
  • Relationship
  • Early

• My hair is a wild, untamable beast! I like letting it grow; my bangs grow whatever way they want and I kind of follow their rule. So side bangs, poof bangs - it's kind of unpredictable.

  

  Victoria Legrand Beach House
  • Want
  • Hair
  • Grow

• Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Great
  • You
  • Learning

• Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • Good
  • America
  • Think

• We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.

  

  D. A. Pennebaker
  • Thinking
  • Money
  • Moon

• Today more than 20,000 communities participate in the National Flood Insurance Program. More than 90 insurance companies sell and service flood service insurance. There are more than four million policies covering the total of $800 billion.

  

  Gary Miller Bad Brains
  • Today
  • Service
  • Insurance

• I'd never stop traveling, and I love bringing my family along with me. My children have points of reference everywhere, friends from Milan to Los Angeles. I think it's really fun for them.

  

  Valeria Mazza
  • Children
  • Family
  • Friends

• I've always overworked in the weight room. I love working with weights. I knew they'd give me the strength I needed.

  

  Florence Griffith Joyner
  • Working
  • Strength
  • Give

• There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.

  

  D. B. Weiss
  • Up
  • Truth
  • Change

• I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Women
  • Family
  • Drama

• There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Bad
  • Know
  • Health

• I wrote large chunks of 'The Impostor' and 'The Good Doctor' on a beach in Goa.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Good
  • Beach
  • Doctor

• There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • People
  • Friends
  • Best

• Just as I try to find ways to be more productive every year for myself, I also look for tips to pass on to young professionals.

  

  Dana Perino
  • Myself
  • Look
  • Year

• From the first moment that I can remember, I had identified myself as a bass player and it had everything to do with my father, who was a bass player. And he loved music, you know, as much as anybody I've ever seen. And that dynamic I just thought as somehow was a straight pass to me.

  

  Edgar Meyer
  • Music
  • Remember
  • Father

• Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

  

  Mark Twain
  • Myself
  • Idiot
  • Repeat