Funny Quotes - Page 21
Mark Twain, R. Kent Rasmussen (1997). “The quotable Mark Twain: his essential aphorisms, witticisms & concise opinions”, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
Following the Equator ch. 66, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897)
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.
Harry S. Truman, Ralph Keyes (1995). “Wit and wisdom of Harry Truman”, Harpercollins
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Mark Twain (2014). “Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.53, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Quoted in the Observer, 19 Jul 1975.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Winston Churchill (1987). “The Irrepressible Churchill: Stories, Sayings and Impressions of Sir Winston Churchill”, London : Robson Books
"The Monkeys Paw". Short story by W. W. Jacobs, 1902.
Irvin S. Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Helen Rowland, Richard Saunders (2017). “We Should All Be So Feminine: We Should All Be a Feminist: We Should All Be Feminists”, p.53, Lulu.com
On being challenged to use "horticulture" in a sentence, in John Keats You Might as well Live (1970) p. 46