Mark Twain Quotes
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There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practised in the tricks and delusions of oratory.
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I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.
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...in October 1866 I broke out as a lecturer, and from that day to this I have always been able to gain my living without doing any work; for the writing of books and magazine matter was always play, not work. I enjoyed it; it was merely billiards to me.
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Golf is a good walk spoiled.
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
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...my sister...was an interested and zealous invalid during sixty-five years, tried all the new diseases as fast as they came out, and always enjoyed the newest one more than any that went before; my brother had accumulated forty-two brands of Christianity before he was called away.
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An experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite picturesque liar.
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A crowded police docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.
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Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.
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Do not tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.