"When a teacher calls a boy by..." - Quote by Mark Twain
When a teacher calls a boy by his entire name, it means trouble.
More by Mark Twain
“Women cannot receive even the most palpably judicious suggestion without arguing it; that is, married women.”
“To write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance with the most implicit confidence as the sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for.”
“It must be well-nigh a maximum of sense to behave so that one escapes being hanged.”
More on Childhood
“When I was a kid I got no respect. I told my mother, I'm gonna run away from home. She said, On your mark.”
“To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times - The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
“Mice: What is the best early training for a writer? Y.C.: An unhappy childhood.”
More on Authority
“Quacks are a part of our culture, and we all fall prey to them. Who among us can say, for sure, that even our own personal physicians are honest and competent?”
“My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.”
“Power comes from the muzzle of a gun, those that have the guns have the power, those that have the power dictate what type of government their shall be.”