Beth C > Beth's Quotes

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

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

“I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.”
― Mark Twain

“The secret to getting ahead is getting started.”
― Mark Twain

“The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself.”
― Mark Twain

“Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second-hand diamonds than none at all.”
― Mark Twain

“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
― Mark Twain

“If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.”
― Mark Twain

“Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.”
― Mark Twain

“Good judgement is the result of experience and experience the result of bad judgement.”
― Mark Twain

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.”
― Mark Twain

“Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.”
― Mark Twain (Author)

“I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religious -- unless he purposely shut the eyes of his mind & keep them shut by force.”
― Mark Twain

“It is a mistake that there is no bath that will cure people's manners, but drowning would help.”
― Mark Twain

“A man has no business to be depressed by a disappointment, anyway; he ought to make up his mind to get even.”
― Mark Twain

“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West