Mark Twain Life On The Mississippi Quotes

#1. Sir Walter Scott created rank & caste in the South and also reverence for and pride and pleasure in them. Life on the Mississippi
Don Quixote swept admiration for medieval chivalry-silliness out of existence. Ivanhoe restored it. Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi

Mark Twain

#2. At any moment solitude may put on the face of loneliness.

May Sarton

#3. I've been enjoying 'Life on the Mississippi' by Mark Twain that I picked up at the airport randomly. It's very witty and interesting to read about his time as a steamboat pilot.

Roman Coppola

#4. Must simplicity and humanity go under in the interest of progress? What is the most important component of civilization - is it human or mechanical? Must thought processes become involved and insincere? Must the class-struggle warp those who are involved in it?

Peter Abrahams

#5. He has given us all the gift of spontaneity - and hope.

Gloria Steinem

#6. Troubled is a polite word for what I am.

Gabrielle

#7. Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.

Bob Newhart

#8. I wrote my first book at eight, all of four pages. At 10, I did a 40-page story. At 12, I wrote two stage plays.

Caitlin Moran