"Most people are bothered by those passages of scripture they do not understand, but the passages that bother me are those I do understand." — Mark Twain, American author, born 1871
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." — Mark Twain, American author, born 1871
"If it's your job to eat a frog, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first." — Mark Twain, American author, born 1871
"Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn't sting me." — Mark Twain, American author, born 1871
"At sixteen, I was a funny, skinny little thing, all eyelashes and legs. And then, suddenly people told me it was gorgeous. I thought they had gone mad." — Twiggy, English model, born 1949
"Being young isn't about age, it's about being a free spirit. You can meet someone of 20 who's boring and old, or you can meet someone of 70 who's youthful and exciting. I met Fred Astaire when he was 72 and I was 21, and I fell in love with him. He certainly was a free spirit." — Twiggy, English model, born 1949
"I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm." — Mike Tyson, American boxer, born 1966
"Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people." — Mike Tyson, American boxer, born 1966
"Within one linear centimeter of your lower colon there lives and works more bacteria (about 100 billion) than all humans who have ever been born. Yet many people continue to assert that it is we who are in charge of the world." — Neil deGrasse Tyson, American cosmologist, born 1958
"The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it. —" — Neil deGrasse Tyson, American cosmologist, born 1958