Mark Twain Quotes


Even if you’re on the right track, you can get run over if your not going fast enough.


Context

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910


Citations

Mark Twain, Writer, Founder, Anti-Imperialist League, Quoted by Richard Armitage, Testimony, 9-11 Commission, March 24, 2004

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Mark Twain
  • Born: November 30, 1835
  • Died: April 21, 1910
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. He was lauded as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," and William Faulkner called him "the father of American literature". His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), the latter often called "The Great American Novel".