"For all the talk you hear about..." - Quote by Mark Twain
For all the talk you hear about knowledge being such a wonderful thing, instinct is worth forty of it for real unerringness.
More by Mark Twain
“Some of the worst things in my life never even happened.”
“Every improvement that is put upon the real estate is the result of an idea in somebody's head. The skyscraper is another idea; the railroad is another; the telephone and all those things are merely symbols which represent ideas. An andiron, a wash-tub, is the result of an idea that did not exist before.”
“It is my custom to keep on talking until I get the audience cowed.”
More on Instinct
“Most women defend themselves. It is the female of the species-it is the tigress and lioness in you which tends to defend when attacked.”
“If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are.”
“I've always felt that if I examine myself too much, I'll find out what I know and don't know, and I'll burst the bubble. I've gotten so lucky relying on my animal instincts, I'd rather keep a little bit of the animal alive.”
More on Knowledge
“I would rather have my ignorance than another man's knowledge, because I have so much of it.”
“My mother taught me three things: respect, knowledge, search for knowledge. It's an eternal journey.”
“To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.”