Mark Twain Quotes


Zeal and sincerity can carry a new religion further than any other missionary except fire and sword. - Mark Twain


Youth is wonderful. It's a shame to waste it on the young. - Mark Twain


You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands. - Mark Twain


You take the lies out of him, and he'll shrink to the size of your hat; you take the malice out of him, and he'll disappear. - Mark Twain


You shouldn't try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and it annoys the pig. - Mark Twain


You should never do anything wicked and lay it on your brother, when it is just as convenient to lay it on some other boy. - Mark Twain


You see, he was going for the Holy Grail. The boys all took a flier at the Holy Grail now and then. It was a several years' cruise. They always put in the long absence snooping around, in the most conscientious way, though none of them had any idea where the Holy Grail really was, and I don't think any of them actually expected to find it, or would have known what to do with it if he had run across it. - Mark Twain


You perceive I generalize with intrepidity from single instances. It is the tourist's custom. - Mark Twain


You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw on it. - Mark Twain


You know about transmigration of souls; do you know about transposition of epochs--and bodies? - Mark Twain


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