Famous quotes containing the words mark twain, portrayed, mark and/or twain:
“Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was, that they escaped teething.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Although the primitive in art may be both interesting and impressive, as portrayed in American fiction it is conspicuous for dullness alone. Drab persons living drab lives, observed by drab minds and reported in drab writing ...”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)
“I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.”
—Sophocles (497–406/5 B.C.)
“Huck waited for no particulars. He sprang away and sped down the hill as fast as his legs could carry him.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)