Quotes - Mark (Georgetoon) (Chardon, OH) Showing 1-23 of 23

#1

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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#2

“Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?”
― Mark Twain

tags: classic-insult, simile

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#3

“Write what you know.”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

tags: writing

207 likes

#4

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.”
― Mark Twain

288 likes

#5

“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor

203 likes

#6

“Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.”
― Mark Twain

tags: facts, statistics

208 likes

#7

“A gentleman is someone who knows how to play the banjo and doesn't.”
― Mark Twain

tags: music

185 likes

#8

“April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four..”
― Mark Twain

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#9

“Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it.”
― Mark Twain

121 likes

#10

“If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!”
― Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

tags: humour

150 likes

#11

“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”
― Mark Twain

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#12

“Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.”
― Mark Twain

tags: reputation

98 likes

#13

“Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.”
― Mark Twain

tags: conflict, mark-twain

116 likes

#14

“Use the right word, not its second cousin.”
― Mark Twain

tags: on-writing

80 likes

#15

“The more things are forbidden, the more popular they become.”
― Mark Twain

tags: forbidden-things, mark-twain, samuel-clemmons

96 likes

#16

“Don't use a five-dollar word when a fifty-cent word will do.”
― Mark Twain

tags: prose, vocabulary

87 likes

#17

“Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
― Mark Twain

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#18

“October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.”
― Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson

tags: investing, sarcasm, stocks

52 likes

#19

“If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.”
― Mark Twain

tags: indiscretion, moderation

44 likes

#20

“Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy

46 likes

#21

“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: job, life, work

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#22

“[I] shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I will not use it then, for it is unchristian, inelegant, and degrading--though to speak truly I do not see how house rent and taxes are going to be discussed worth a cent without it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: profanity, rent, taxes, unchristian

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#23

“There ought to be a room in every house to swear in. It's dangerous to have to repress an emotion like that.”
― Mark Twain

tags: emotion, house, room, swear

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