Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand
things that won't work. -- Thomas A. Edison

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls, and
looks like work. -- Thomas A. Edison

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man, and I will show you a failure. --
Thomas A. Edison

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. -- Benjamin
Franklin

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. -- Benjamin
Franklin

In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes. -- Benjamin Franklin

The secret of success is constancy to purpose. -- Benjamin Franklin

Diligence is the mother of good luck. -- Benjamin Franklin

Well done is better than well said. -- Benjamin Franklin

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the
credit. -- Harry S. Truman

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. --
Harry S. Truman

If you can't convince them, confuse them. -- Harry S. Truman

When I was a boy of 14 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
at how much the old man had learnt in seven years. -- Mark Twain

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard
and give you an opportunity to commit more. -- Mark Twain

Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of
Congress. But I repeat myself. -- Mark Twain

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you
nothing. It was here first. -- Mark Twain

It is good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still
rolling. -- Mark Twain

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.
-- Mark Twain

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. --
Mark Twain

I did not attend his funeral; but I wrote a nice letter saying I approved of it. --
Mark Twain

Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. --
Mark Twain

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. --
Mark Twain

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. -- Mark
Twain

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest. -- Mark
Twain

To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence. -- Mark
Twain

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear. -- Mark
Twain

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know. -- Mark
Twain

There is no distinctly American criminal class, except Congress. -- Mark
Twain

Truth is our most valuable commodity - let us economize. -- Mark Twain

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company. -- Mark Twain

Don't let school interfere with your education. -- Mark Twain

Golf is a good walk spoiled. -- Mark Twain