Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." Twain's novels include The...
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.
Life achieves its summit when it does to the uttermost that which it was equipped to do.
—Alan Alda as Hawkeye on M*A*S*H