A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
MARK TWAINNever argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
More Mark Twain Quotes
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Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
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I must have a prodigious amount of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up!
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I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
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A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
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The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
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Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.
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It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.
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What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.
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In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.
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A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
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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.
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The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
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I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.
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