Mark Quotes

I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and understanding of humanity, but always ready to annotate its little foibles. I think I'd lay my cards down on that, and say that it's that that I'm trying to do.

As I say, you get labelled. To stop all that, I've got to win things - that's the only way you make your mark.

To come in and win three races already this year and maybe set a record by winning four is pretty unique. But guys like Mark Martin, Rusty Wallace and these guys are not wanting that to happen.

Even a polemic has some justification if one considers that my own first poetic experiments began during a dictatorship and mark the origin of the Hermetic movement.

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

The mark of our time is its revulsion against imposed patterns.

To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

On my income tax 1040 it says "Check this box if you are blind." I wanted to put a check mark about three inches away.

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.

To break the mark definitely showed me I'm on the right track.

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

I grew up under demanding people, that demanded things from you, expected you to toe the mark.

On July 18, we will mark the 12th anniversary of the senseless loss of 85 lives in the bombing of the Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

The mark of fear is not easily removed.

A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant political figures involved: Mark Hanna, Theodore Roosevelt, and Emma Goldman.

Beneath all of these addictions is this disease, this control disease which is the mark of our society.

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself. These days there's far more pressure to make a mark, so the temptation is to make adventure television or personality shows. I hope the more didactic approach won't be lost.

Unrest of spirit is a mark of life.

You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well.

My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.

We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.

It took me about 12 years to reach my million-word mark. The challenge now is to continue to challenge myself.