Mark Twain Quotes

I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'

Mark Twain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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As a dad, you are the Vice President of the executive branch of parenting. It doesn't matter what your personality is like, you will always be Al Gore to your wife's Bill Clinton. She feels the pain and you are the annoying nerd telling them to turn off the lights.

Jim Gaffigan

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It takes guts to get out of the ruts.

Robert H. Schuller

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I want to force the other drivers to find a way past me.

Jeff Gordon

PastMeFindWantWayForce

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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We can't always agree on everything.

Roger Federer

AlwaysEverythingAgree

You always regret upsetting people needlessly.

Mary Beard

PeopleRegretYouAlwaysUpsetting

When I've written episodes of 'Doctor Who', when it comes to the monster chasing somebody, it's the Doctor and the companion, running down the corridor, being chased by a guy with a stick and a tennis ball on the end. Whereas, when I see the rushes of 'Being Human', we're actually looking at the werewolf, and it just looks real.

Donald Sumpter

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The bad guys probably get the better lines, don't they? And they wear less spandex. That would be quite good.

David Tennant

GoodBetterBadWearLinesGet

We really need to put the best we have to offer within reach of our children. If we don't do that, we're going to get the generation we deserve.

Brewster Kahle

ChildrenBestGenerationReachNeed

Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.

Arancha Gonzalez

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Something happens to our creativity as we go through the education process; most of us lose touch with it.

Anthony Browne

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Men are what they see and judge; though some do not fill up their light, yet none go beyond it.

William Gurnall

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