Mark Twain Quotes

Let us be grateful to Adam our benefactor. He cut us out of the “blessing” of idleness and won for us the “curse” of labor.

The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.

Crank – a man with a new idea until it succeeds.

To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology.

The slowness of one section of the world about adopting the valuable ideas of another section of it is a curious thing and unaccountable.

Sacred cows make the best hamburger.

Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion – several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn’t straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying […]

The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste.

Sometimes people do get hurt.

The secret source of humor itself is not joy, but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.