Mark Twain Middle School

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

“Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death’s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.”
—Julie Burchill (b. 1960)

“Tom was a glittering hero once more—the pet of the old, the envy of the young. His name even went into immortal print, for the village paper magnified him. There were some that believed he would be President, yet, if he escaped hanging.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.”
—Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960)

“Sure, you can love your child when he or she has just brought home a report card with straight “A’s.” It’s a lot harder, though, to show the same love when teachers call you from school to tell you that your child hasn’t handed in any homework since the beginning of the term.”
—The Lions Clubs International and the Quest Nation. The Surprising Years, II, ch.3 (1985)