Gilda Amaro > Gilda's Quotes

“If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be—a Christian.”
― Mark Twain, Notebook

“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
― Mark Twain

“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.”
― Mark Twain

“There's one way to find out if a man is honest: ask him; if he says yes, you know he's crooked.”
― Mark Twain

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”
― Mark Twain

“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
― Mark Twain

“Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”
― Mark Twain

“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
― Mark Twain (Author)

“Ignorant people think it is the noise which fighting cats make that is so aggravating, but it ain't so; it is the sickening grammar that they use.”
― Mark Twain

“The government is merely a servant―merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.”
― Mark Twain

“He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.”
― Mark Twain

“When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.”
― Mark Twain, The Prince and the Pauper

“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”
― Mark Twain

“In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.”
― Mark Twain

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain