When I tell people I collect quotation, the immediate question is, "What's your favorite?" And I always stand there and stammer and drool a bit while my mind tries to sift through the thousand I've curated.
I need to keep this one in my back pocket, since it really is (a) one of my favors, and (b) one I use on a relatively frequent basis.
Originally shared by +Quotations – WIST – Wish I’d Said That:
It is not best that we should all think alike; it is differences of opinion that make horse races.
— Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, ch. 19, epigraph (1894)
Twain, Mark – The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, ch. 19, epigraph (1894) | WIST
It is not best that we should all think alike; it is differences of opinion that make horse races.
Never heard that one before. Love it.