Mark Twain

Favorite Quotes (14 person items)

"“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” “Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.” “If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it.” “Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference bet"

People Quotes - Part 2 (50 person items)

"“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”"

Imagination is Everything (27 person items)

""You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." "

Color Blind Celebrities (11 person items)

" Mark moved to Missouri as a child when it was a state that had black slaves, a theme he explored much in his works. Ironically enough, Twain was in fact colorblind, which fueled his witty banter in the social circles of the day. LOL! Dats racist. "

Famous portraits of iconic people (115 person items)

" Date: 1907. Photographer: Unknown"

Wizards of childhood (20 person items)

"° Drag your thoughts away from your troubles... by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ° Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. ° It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. ° My books are like water; those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water. ° What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is kno"

Celebrity Insults (142 person items)

"about Jane Austen "I haven’t any right to criticize books, and I don’t do it except when I hate them. I often want to criticize Jane Austen, but her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy from the reader; and therefore I have to stop every time I begin. Every time I read ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ I want to dig her up and hit her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” "

50 Favorite Authors (50 person items)

"The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain (10/10) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (10/10) Life on the Mississippi (9/10) Roughing It (9/10) A Dog's Tale (9/10) Letters from the Earth (8/10) A Tramp Abroad (8/10) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (8/10) Short Stories and Tall Tales (8/10) A Horse's Tale (7/10) How to Tell a Story and Other Essays (6/10) The Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches (6/10) The Prince and the Pauper (5/10) "

Awesome People Hanging Out Together (46 person items)

"Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan and Mark Twain "

Love..What is love? (16 person items)

""Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.""

People in TIME (416 person items)

" July 14, 2008 U.S. & South Pacific"

10 fatos curiosos sobre escritores famosos (10 person items)

"O grande escritor estadunidense Mark Twain era fumante desde os oito anos de idade. Durante a vida adulta, consumia cerca de 40 charutos por dia. E eram charutos do tipo mais vagabundo possível, apelidados de “mata-rato”. Seus amigos faziam questão de levar seus próprios charutos quando o visitavam, com medo que ele oferecesse um dos seus."