The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.
- Mark Twain

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. It is no more entitled to respect than is the flag of a pirate.
- Mark Twain

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.
- Mark Twain

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all that they know and then stop.
The poetry is all in the anticipation, for there is none in reality.
- Mark Twain

The primary rule of business success is loyalty to your employer. That's all right - as a theory. What is the matter with loyalty to yourself?
- Mark Twain

The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
- Mark Twain

The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
- Mark Twain

The report of my death was an exaggeration.
- Mark Twain

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
- Mark Twain

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.
- Mark Twain