My top 16 Mark Twain Quotes

Ok, So I'm not normally known as a geek (I don't think??!) But secretly I am... in a lot of ways, which you will probably come to find out!! Today's Geeky-ness is how I like to read quotes from famous people... I think they are cool, and interesting and a lot of the time thought-provoking... so here goes, some (well quite a few) quotes from Mark Twain, my chosen person for today - enjoy :)

My Top 16 Mark Twain Quotes:

1. A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain

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

3. Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are more pliable

4. Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

5. I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't

6. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything

7. It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt

8. It is easier to stay out than get out

9. Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great

10. The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up

11. The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them

12. Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours

13. When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one

14. Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform

15. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes

16. Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to