Mark Twain Middle School

Famous quotes containing the words mark twain, mark, twain, middle and/or school:

“Let us not be too particular. It is better to have old second- hand diamonds than none at all.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“His art is eccentricity, his aim
How not to hit the mark he seems to aim at,”
—Robert Francis (b. 1901)

“When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet deep down in his private heart no man much respects himself.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Now, in my middle age,
about nineteen in the head I’d say,
I am rowing, I am rowing....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

“[How] the young . . . can grow from the primitive to the civilized, from emotional anarchy to the disciplined freedom of maturity without losing the joy of spontaneity and the peace of self-honesty is a problem of education that no school and no culture have ever solved.”
—Leontine Young (20th century)