Mark Twain

God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then 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.