Skip to main content

God's great cosmic joke on the...

God's great cosmic joke on the human race was requiring that men and women live together in marriage

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

You try to tell me anything ab...

You try to tell me anything about the newspaper business! Sir, I have been through it from Alpha to Omaha, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger the noise he makes and the higher the salary he commands.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

Conductor, when you receive a ...

Conductor, when you receive a fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare. A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare, A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare, A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare, Punch in the presence of the passenjare! Punch, brothers! punch with care! Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

No one has ever seen a Republi...

No one has ever seen a Republican mass meeting that was devoid of the perception of the ludicrous.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

In prayer we call ourselves 'w...

In prayer we call ourselves 'worms of the dust', but it is only on a sort of tacit understanding that the remark shall not be taken at par.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

I've dealt with many crises in...

I've dealt with many crises in my life, but few will ever happen.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

The lie, as a virtue, a princi...

The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need, the fourth Grace, the tenth Muse, man's best and surest friend is immortal

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

the rumors of the White Sox de...

the rumors of the White Sox demise are greatly exaggerated.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

And so I am become a knight of...

And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

The two Great Unknowns, the tw...

The two Great Unknowns, the two Illustrious Conjecturabilities! They are the best known unknown persons that have ever drawn breath upon the planet.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

When an audience does not comp...

When an audience does not complain, it is a compliment, and when it does, it is a compliment, too, if unaccompanied by violence.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

Honor is a harder master than ...

Honor is a harder master than the law.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

One must keep one's character....

One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

There's some human instinct wh...

There's some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

I cannot keep from talking, ev...

I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

If a spectacle is going to be ...

If a spectacle is going to be particularly imposing I prefer to see it through somebody else's eyes, because that man will always exaggerate. Then I can exaggerate his exaggeration, and my account of the thing will be the most impressive.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

The castle-building habit, the...

The castle-building habit, the day-dreaming habit - how it grows! what a luxury it becomes; how we fly to its enchantments at every idle moment, how we revel in them, steep our souls in them, intoxicate ourselves with their beguiling fantasies - oh, yes, and how soon and how easily our dream-life and our material life become so intermingled and so fused together that we can't quite tell which is which, anymore.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

And how moving is the eloquenc...

And how moving is the eloquence of the untaught when it is the heart that is speaking!

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

Sum all the gifts that man is ...

Sum all the gifts that man is endowed with, and we give our greatest share of admiration to his energy. And today, if I were a heathen, I would rear a statue to Energy and fall down and worship it!

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

When a person is accustomed to...

When a person is accustomed to one hundred and thirty-eight in the shade, his ideas about cold weather are not valuable.

Mark Twain 2884 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

23

Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

83

Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

115

Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

219

Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

541

Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

165

Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....