Mark Twain Quotes

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

I'm always trying to find brain food and indulge in knowledge that's gonna be useful.

Give yourself unto reading. The man who never reads will never be read; he who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own. You need to read. . . . We are quite persuaded that the very best way for you to be spending your leisure time, is to be either reading or praying. You may get much instruction from books which afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your Lord and Master’s service. Paul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

All I know for certain is that reading is of the most intense importance to me; if I were not able to read, to revisit old favorites and experiment with names new to me, I would be starved - probably too starved to go on writing myself.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.

Reading is my greatest luxury.

Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.

The ultimate end of education is happiness or a good human life, a life enriched by the possession of every kind of good, by the enjoyment of every type of satisfaction.

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.

No, I'm no enemy to learning; it hurts not me.

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

I've always believed in the importance of education and continuing to learn throughout every stage of life.

I don't want people in China to have deep pockets but shallow minds.

Read books. They are good for us.

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.

Man is what he reads.