Mark Twain San Francisco Quotes & Sayings

I have done more for San Francisco than any of its old residents. Since I left there it has increased in population fully 300,000. I could have done more - I could have gone earlier - it was suggested. — Mark Twain

Mark Twain, the thinking man's Colonel Sanders, reputedly said, America is New York, New Orleans, and San Francisco. Everywhere else is Cleveland. — Russell Brand

It was during this terrible night that the three wounded died, and the jeeps froze solid. — Pat Frank

One more item for the delusional Miss Grundys still obtusely citing Reagan as their model of "niceness": As governor of California, Reagan gave student protesters at Berkeley the finger. Remember that next time you ask yourself: "What would Reagan do?" People who are afraid of ideas whitewash Reagan like they whitewash Jesus . Sorry to break it to you, but the Reagan era did not consist of eight years of Reagan joking about his naps. — Ann Coulter

That optimist of yours is always ready to turn hell's backyard into a play-ground. — Mark Twain

Twenty-four years ago I was strangely handsome; in San Francisco in the rainy season I was often mistaken for fair weather. — Mark Twain

I fell in love with the most cordial and sociable city in the Union. — Mark Twain

It is now certain that the public does know. It is not so certain that the public does care. — G.K. Chesterton

The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco — Mark Twain

Is god omnipotent ? If he is, can he create a rock so heavy he can't lift it ? — Stephen Hawking

It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. — Ambrose Bierce

I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved. — Mark Twain