Mark Twain Takes Quotations

Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.

What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin

Conscience takes up more room than all the rest of a person's insides.

It usually takes me three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

It takes an enemy and a friend, working together, to hurt you to the heart. The one to slander you, and the other to get the news to you.

It takes your enemy and your friend, working together to hurt you to the heart; the one to slander you and the other to get the news to you

It takes me along time to lose my temper, but once lost I could not find it with a dog