What is your favortie Mark Twain Quote?

Question

mine is:

"There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice." ~Mark Twain

i thought of another one for those people who like to scream their opinions into the air
"Niose proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid."~Mark Twain.

Answer 1

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

I really like the most famous as well:

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you're a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Answer 2

Not quite sure but Mark Twain and Nicolae Tesla (I think it was Tesla) where hanging out one day and invented the x-ray.

Answer 3

"The coldest winter I ever spent was summer in San Francisco." - Mark Twain


I prefer the cooler weather of San Francisco than the intense heat of Hell A.

Answer 4

Cloths really do make the man - I've never known a naked man with much influence on society.

I am not sure that that is a word for word ;)

Answer 5

"Hunger is the handmaid of genius"

is a great one for motivation, and after you return from vacation:

"There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage."

Answer 6

"I expect to go to hell when I die; afterall, its the only place I know where they still allow you to drink whisky, play cards, and smoke a good cigar."---Twain

Answer 7

Here is mine:

"I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a letter saying I approve of it."

Answer 8

"When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained."

I also like his essay on the German language, http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghebr/awfgrmlg.html

Answer 9

"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."