Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyerand its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the latter often called "The Great American Novel"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth30 November 1835
CountryUnited States of America
intellectual spoons shovels
Intellectual food is like any other; it is pleasanter and more beneficial to take it with a spoon than a shovel.
sleep people going-to-sleep
Don't go to sleep, so many people die there.
people needs loan
The only people that a bank will loan money to is the very people who don't need it.
nice writing want
When I want to read something nice, I sit down and write it myself.
good-enough catfish fishes
The catfish is Plenty good enough fish for anyone
land names tag
Perhaps it will be simplest to throw away the tags and generalize India with one all-comprehensive name, as the Land of Wonders.
school way
School gets in the way of my learning.
numbers people different
When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.
book writing needs
You need not expect to get your book right the first time.
humorous stories kind
There are several kinds of stories, but only one difficult kind-the humorous.
worry might debt
Worrying is paying interest on a debt you might not even owe.
politics idiot imagine
Imagine, if you will, that I am an idiot. Then, imagine that I am also a Congressman. But, alas, I repeat myself.
lonesome be-good
Be good and you'll be lonesome
apples want sake
Adam did not want the apple for the apple's sake; he wanted it because it was forbidden.