Mark > Mark's Quotes

“So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson, Lay Morals

“You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“The saints are the sinners who keep on trying.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.”
― Mark Twain

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.”
― Oscar Wilde

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
― Mark Twain

“′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
― Mark Twain

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

“Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.”
― Mark Twain

“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”
― Mark Twain

“You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.”
― Winston Churchill

“The young have aspirations that never comes to pass,the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It's only the middle-aged who are really conscious of their limitations - that is why one should be patient with them. But one never is.”
― Saki

“The poor lack much, the greedy everything.”
― Publilius Syrus

“CUSTOMER: Oh, look, these books are all signed. (Pause) I wonder who signed them ?”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops

“Customer: Do you have any crime books involving speeding fines?”
― Jen Campbell, Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops