(137 quotes found)
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
Mark Twain
“The first half of my life I went to school, the second half of my life I got an education.”
“Mark Twain and I are in the same position. We have put things in such a way as to make people, who would otherwise hang us, believe that we are joking.”
George Bernard Shaw
“A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation”
“I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places”
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
“The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.”
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
“A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain”
“Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.”
