Virtual Ship's Log from Captain Hammer

'Cause I don't have enough to do already

Monday, July 12, 2010

Mark Twain, Dead for a Century

Check out news on his autobiography coming out: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/10/books/10twain.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
I am going to start starting off entries with some Mark Twain quotes. Here are a few favorites for now (and I only got through the 'F's!):
"Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often."
"All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure."
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."
"Civilization is the limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities."
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first."
"Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable."
"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

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