Whenever the literary German dives into a sentence, that is the last you
are going to see of him until he emerges on the other side of the Atlantic
with his verb in his mouth. -- Mark Twain, "A Connecticut Yankee in
King Arthur's Court"
Friday, March 31, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Fortune Quote #1702
When you are about to die, a wombat is better than no company at
all. -- Roger Zelazny, "Doorways in the Sand"
all. -- Roger Zelazny, "Doorways in the Sand"
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Fortune Quote #1701
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or
not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot
remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces
like this but we all have to do it. -- Mark Twain
not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot
remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces
like this but we all have to do it. -- Mark Twain
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Fortune Quote #1700
When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know who have
gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life. --
Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life. --
Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Monday, March 27, 2017
Fortune Quote #1699
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is
in it--and stay there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot
stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is
well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. --
Mark Twain
in it--and stay there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot
stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again, and that is
well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. --
Mark Twain
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Fortune Quote #1697
This is the first age that's paid much attention to the future, which is a
little ironic since we may not have one. -- Arthur Clarke
little ironic since we may not have one. -- Arthur Clarke
Friday, March 24, 2017
Fortune Quote #1696
There is no distinctly native American criminal class except
Congress. -- Mark Twain
Congress. -- Mark Twain
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Fortune Quote #1695
There is no character, howsoever good and fine, but it can be destroyed by
ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his
character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler
animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling
complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt. --
Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
ridicule, howsoever poor and witless. Observe the ass, for instance: his
character is about perfect, he is the choicest spirit among all the humbler
animals, yet see what ridicule has brought him to. Instead of feeling
complimented when we are called an ass, we are left in doubt. --
Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Fortune Quote #1694
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in
your philosophy. -- Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
your philosophy. -- Shakespeare, "Hamlet"
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Fortune Quote #1693
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what
you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. -- Mark Twain
Monday, March 20, 2017
Fortune Quote #1692
The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will
always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark
Twain
always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. -- Mark
Twain
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Fortune Quote #1691
The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that
procession but carrying a banner. -- Mark Twain
procession but carrying a banner. -- Mark Twain
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Fortune Quote #1690
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is
laughter. -- Mark Twain
laughter. -- Mark Twain
Friday, March 17, 2017
Fortune Quote #1689
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers. --
Shakespeare, "Henry VI", Part IV
Shakespeare, "Henry VI", Part IV
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Fortune Quote #1688
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the
difference between lightning and the lightning bug. -- Mark Twain
difference between lightning and the lightning bug. -- Mark Twain
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Fortune Quote #1687
The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference
between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain
between a mermaid and a seal. -- Mark Twain
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Fortune Quote #1686
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. -- William
Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
Monday, March 13, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Fortune Quote #1682
Swerve me? The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon
my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled
hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush! --
Captain Ahab, "Moby Dick"
my soul is grooved to run. Over unsounded gorges, through the rifled
hearts of mountains, under torrents' beds, unerringly I rush! --
Captain Ahab, "Moby Dick"
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Fortune Quote #1681
Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more
deadly in the long run. -- Mark Twain
deadly in the long run. -- Mark Twain
Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Fortune Quote #1680
Perilous to all of us are the devices of an art deeper than we ourselves
possess. -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR]
possess. -- Gandalf the Grey [J.R.R. Tolkien, LotR]
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Fortune Quote #1679
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat
has only nine lives. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
has only nine lives. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Monday, March 6, 2017
Fortune Quote #1678
"Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to
deceive." -- William Shakespeare
deceive." -- William Shakespeare
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Fortune Quote #1677
It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to
miss it. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
miss it. -- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Fortune Quote #1676
O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use
it like a giant. -- Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure", II, 2
it like a giant. -- Shakespeare, "Measure for Measure", II, 2
Friday, March 3, 2017
Fortune Quote #1675
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. -- Mark
Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Fortune Quote #1674
"Not Hercules could have knock'd out his brains, for he had none."
-- Shakespeare
-- Shakespeare
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Fortune Quote #1673
Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as
if she laid an asteroid. -- Mark Twain
if she laid an asteroid. -- Mark Twain
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