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Mark Twain Quotations

 

Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens (30 November 1835 – 21 April 1910), was an author and humorist.

"George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie."

"When I was fourteen years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was. By the time I turned twenty-one, I was astounded how much he had learned in the last seven years."

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them."

"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything."

"When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not."

"I don't like to commit myself about Heaven and Hell - you see, I have friends in both places."

"I wrote 'Tom Sawyer' and 'Huck Finn' for adults exclusively, and it always distressed me when I find that boys and girls have been allowed access to them. The mind that becomes soiled in youth can never again be washed clean."

"A man with a new idea is a crank until he succeeds."

"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great."

"A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way."

"If I'd had more time, I'd have written a shorter letter."

"Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times."

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