Mark Twain's Humor
Mark Twain’s had a great sense of humor, and many believe that he was America’s first stand-up comedian!
Directions: Look below, find and write five quotes that show his funny personality. What are some things you can tell about Mark Twain just by reading his quotes? (Name AT LEAST four things)
Directions: Look below, find and write five quotes that show his funny personality. What are some things you can tell about Mark Twain just by reading his quotes? (Name AT LEAST four things)
“I was sorry to have my name mentioned as one of the great authors, because they have a sad habit of dying off. Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I’m not feeling so well myself.”
"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please."
“I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year (1910), and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: "Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together."
"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either."
“Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years."
“It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.”
“Classic--a book which people praise and don't read.”
"I've never let my school interfere with my education."
"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."