Mark Twain Quotes

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Mark Twain

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TruthTruth IsPossibilitiesFiction

That's the great thing about New York, there's always something to do.

Jessica Szohr

GreatNew YorkNewAlwaysSomething

We cling nervously to the melody, but we don't handle it freely, we don't really make anything new out of it, we merely overload it.

Johannes Brahms

NewOutAnythingHandleMelodyMake

We all know about secrets - to have that pressure of something you can't reveal. That's universal: 'Am I safe? Am I gonna be OK? Will my family still love and respect me?'

Jeffrey Tambor

FamilyLoveRespectMePressureYou

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Sophocles

WaterWomanOaths

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

Robin Cousins

FreedomGreatDanceIceSkating

We can summarize electricity, magnetism and gravity into equations one inch long, and that's the power of field theory. And so I said to myself: I will create a field theory of strings. And when I did it one day, it was incredible, realizing that on a sheet of paper I can write down an equation which summarized almost all physical knowledge.

Michio Kaku

KnowledgePowerMyselfDayLong

I became a recluse many times and enjoyed a private life I didn't have during the '60s.

Donovan

LifePrivate LifeEnjoyedManyTimes

I like surprises.

Christopher Hitchens

SurprisesLike

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

PoetryWorldPoetsLegislators

When the law says you're entitled to an attorney, it doesn't mean you're entitled to an attorney who sleeps or an attorney who doesn't do his job.

Pete Gallego

JobLawYouMeanWhoEntitled

As a kid, I was always more interested in watching others than being the centre of attention. I've always felt that you can see a lot more and learn a lot more when you're standing on the edge.

Shaun Evans

LearnAttentionYouEdgeWatching

There will always be a lot of pressure to cope with.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

PressureWillAlwaysCopeLot

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