Famous quotes containing the words mark twain, portrayed, mark and/or twain:
“War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.”
—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)
“He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm.”
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 4:39.
“Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)