Mark Twain Quotes

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

Mark Twain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

Topics

LifeWorldSayingYouGoLiving

I shake all the time. It's exhausting and causes chronic pain in my joints and muscles. It is also the only life I have ever known. I use yoga, dance, nutrition, and breathing to help manage my symptoms.

Maysoon Zayid

LifeTimeDancePainHelpNutrition

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

Mel Brooks

GreatKnowStageSeeGotLike

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

Ann Beattie

SaidNeverDepressingCynicalBeen

Most scholarly books we read for the information or insight they contain. But some we return to simply for the pleasure of the author's company.

Michael Dirda

InformationInsightCompanyPleasure

I believe that the family unit has fundamentally been the most positive thing for society, and I don't believe that any minority has the right to create changes that impact on the majority.

Stephen Baldwin

PositiveFamilySocietyBelieve

I have seen the face of this country change in 25 years or 30 years. I have seen a equalization begin to develop - in inheritance laws, tax laws, laws for favoring trade unions, protecting them, and so forth. All these are social changes.

Sidney Buchman

ChangeFaceCountryTaxUnionsLaws

The arts saved my life.

Michael K. Williams

LifeMy LifeArtsSaved

I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking.

Diane Kruger

ThinkingYouLovingClassyUpWho

I like to hit the gym early in the morning. I feel better throughout the day when I get in a workout first thing in the morning.

Derek Jeter

MorningDayBetterFeelGymEarly

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it.

William James

QualityPriceCheapPayWhatever

I just feel like you should be able to have a respectful work environment, because if you do, you'll be your best self.

Peggy Johnson

WorkBestSelfFeelEnvironmentYou

There are human beings who will be helped in understanding our times through the diaries of Edward Robb Ellis.

Pete Hamill

UnderstandingWillHumanThroughWho

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