DWL

“there was no crime in unconscious plagiarism; that I committed it everyday, that he committed it everyday, that every man alive on earth who writes or speaks commits it every day and not merely once or twice but every time he open his mouth… there is nothing of our own in it except some slight change born of our temperament, character, environment, teachings and associations”
― Mark Twain

“If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it will take me two weeks to prepare.”
― Mark Twain

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

“Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.”
― Andrew Carnegie