In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
Quote by Mark Twain
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In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.
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Mark Twain Quotes
- The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.
- If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first.
- When in doubt tell the truth.
- A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
- Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
- Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
- My books are like water those of the great geniuses are wine. (Fortunately) everybody drinks water.
- All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.
- The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
- My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Best Quotes
- I don't really consider myself one of those actors who takes his work home with him.
- It's only a fool that will lit a candle at midday.
- I'm married. My wife, Stella - a beautiful woman. She's brought a lot of peace to my life, a lot of wisdom.
- I don't believe in firing professors. They have academic freedom.
- If I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning.
- I'm obsessed with the countryside: woods, forests, fields, lakes, mountains. I'm really into folk music and folklore. But more so I'm into electronic music. I'm into bands that have both aspects, like Boards of Canada is a perfect example. You could listen to that type of music running through a woods. It's kind of what I wanted to achieve.
- Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out.
- Every religion is good that teaches man to be good and I know of none that instructs him to be bad.
- Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
- My religion centers in different areas than what's considered conventional religion.