Mark Twain

A dollar picked up in the road is more satisfaction to us than the 99 which we had to work for, and the money won at Faro or in the stock market snuggles into our hearts in the same way.

It is better to deserve honours and not have them than to have them and not to deserve them.

The teacher reminded us that Romes liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly, gradually, furtively, little by little; first with a little corn and oil for the exceedingly poor and wretched, later with corn and oil for voters who were not quite so poor, later still with corn and oil for pretty much every man that had a vote to sellexactly our own history over again.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss SLOWLY. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything. That makes you smile.

Man was made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.

True irreverence is disrespect for another man’s god.

No matter how carefully and assiduously and how deeply you bury shit, the American public will find it and buy it in large quantity, It’s true, absolutely true.

I can’t change history, I don’t want to change history. I can only change the future. I’m working on that.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Roaming through the jungle of ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’, searching for a more agreeable noise, I live a life of primitivity with the mind of a child and an unquenchable thirst for sharps and flats.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

You don’t know what the hell you’re talking about! You’re crazy!

If you wish to clear away the clouds of thought, simply keep your mind in the present.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.

There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.

What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do.

Life is like improvised jazz. We cannot regulate all the variables. We must play it with panache and flair as best we can.

But to do for the world more than the world does for you, that is Success.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.