NationStates Jolt Archive

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined ones.
-- Following the Equator

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
-- Following the Equator

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle differnce between a dog and a man.
-- Pudd'nhead Wilson

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass.
-- Notebook

When a man can prove that he is not a jackass, I think he is in the way to prove he is no legitimate member of the race
-- Letter

Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah didn't miss the boat.
-- Christian Science

Damn those human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.
-- Letter

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principle one was that they escaped teethying.
-- Pudd'nhead Wilson

Got a quote book for Christmas. ;)

Yeah, Mark Twain is the shit! We could use someone like him around today. :D

I think a better quote is one that can be found on Edith Cavells statues in St Martins lane just of Trafalger Square and right next to the St Martins Lane Hotel and quirky but generally crappy over priced hotel i advise you never to stay at because the savoy is much better even if the beds are uncomfortable, it has warm running water and anyway ive stayed in the best hotels in the world and theyve all got uncormfortable beds...


ON TOPIC !

"Patriotism is not enough, i must have no hatred of bitterness for anyone."

And thousands of people walk by that statue every day and i don't think even one of them read it.

There are no people who are quite so vulgar as the over-refined ones.
-- Following the Equator

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.
-- Following the Equator

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principle differnce between a dog and a man.
-- Pudd'nhead Wilson

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass.
-- Notebook

When a man can prove that he is not a jackass, I think he is in the way to prove he is no legitimate member of the race
-- Letter

Such is the human race. Often it does seem such a pity that Noah didn't miss the boat.
-- Christian Science

Damn those human beings; if I had invented them I would go hide my head in a bag.
-- Letter

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principle one was that they escaped teethying.
-- Pudd'nhead Wilson

Got a quote book for Christmas. ;)
Ijust picked up one myself,yesterday when i bought the newest Charles DeLint book:)
I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge,because i've got so much more of it.-Letter
Few of us can stand prosperity-another man's i mean-Following the Equator
My Favorite-That awful power, the public opinion of a nation ,is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self- complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse-'' License of the Press''-speech
Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

*Waits for superfluous comments regarding the German language*

"Always love your enemies. It's guaranteed to upset them." not MT, but should be...

:)