Mark Twain Middle School

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

“He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be be under it, inspiring the cabbages.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Snobs in pursuit of a mark are more shameless than the sluts of Sodom.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“Golf is a good walk spoiled.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“The goods of fortune ... were never intended to be talked out of the world.—But as virtue and true wisdom lie in the middle of extremes,—on one hand, not to neglect and despise riches, so as to forget ourselves,—and on the other, not to pursue and love them so, as to forget God;Mto have them sometimes in our heads,—but always something more important in our hearts.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“It is not that the Englishman can’t feel—it is that he is afraid to feel. He has been taught at his public school that feeling is bad form. He must not express great joy or sorrow, or even open his mouth too wide when he talks—his pipe might fall out if he did.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)