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Mark Twain Quotes - Page 6

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You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the stairs.

You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the stairs.

Window, Habit, Break

The secret of getting ahead is getting started

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.

Communication, Data, Garbage

Not all the Greek runners in the original Olympics were totally naked. Some wore shoes.

Shoes, Greek, Naked

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.

Government, Order, Political

Mark Twain, Howard G. Baetzhold, Joseph B. Mccullough (1996). “The Bible According to Mark Twain”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

Funny, Life, Death

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.61, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.

Giving, Talent, Advantage

We regret the things we don't do more than the things we do.

Regret

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

Inspiration, Rainy Day, Garden

When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are you going to offer for preaching it, teaching it, extending it, perpetuating it? Shall you say, the best good of the country demands allegiance to party? Shall you also say it demands that a man kick his truth and his conscience into the gutter, and become a mouthing lunatic, besides?

Country, Party, Teaching

The best cure for Christianity is reading the Bible.

Bible, Reading, Christianity

Begin with the determination to succeed and the work is half done already.

Determination, Succeed, Done

Education is what you must acquire without any interference from your schooling.

Education, Schooling, Acquire

Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.26, St. Martin's Press

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Motivational, Positive, Pain

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.94, Courier Corporation

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.

Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.40, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Of all the animals, man is the only one that lies.

Honesty, Lying, Animal

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.

Atheist, Prayer, Book

When the end of the world comes, I want to be in Kentucky, because everything there happens 20 years after it happens anywhere else.

Kentucky, Years, World

Never have a battle of wits with an unarmed person.

Battle, Wit, Persons

Those who do not read the news are uninformed. Those who do are misinformed.

Inspirational, News, Uninformed

The trouble is not in dying for a friend, but in finding a friend worth dying for.

Inspirational, Funny, Friendship

The secret of making progress is to get started.

Secret, Progress

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

Funny, Life, Graduation

Mark Twain (2015). “Bite-Size Twain: Wit and Wisdom from the Literary Legend”, p.26, St. Martin's Press

Laughter is the greatest weapon we have and we, as humans, use it the least.

Happiness, Laughter, Laughing

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

Writing, Confusing, Easy

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