Mark Twain Trail Quote of the Day – Wednesday – October 6, 2021
“The man with a new idea is a Crank until the idea succeeds.” Mark Twain
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“The man with a new idea is a Crank until the idea succeeds.” Mark Twain
“All right, then, I’ll go to hell”—and tore it up.” Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884
“Under certain circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” Mark Twain
“When all else fails, write what your heart tells you. You can’t depend on your eyes, when your imagination are out of focus.” Mark Twain
“There are two types of people. People who have accomplished things and people who have claimed to accomplish things. The first group is less crowded.” Mark Twain
“I sometimes wonder if the world is run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who mean it.” Mark Twain
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” Mark Twain
“Age is a thing about mind over matter: if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter.” Mark Twain
“To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I’ve done it a thousand times.” Mark Twain
“These are sad days in literature. Homer is dead. Shakespeare is dead. And I myself am not feeling at all well.” Mark Twain