Quotations from Mark Twain

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years." - Mark Twain

My 18 year old son at least understood this. That's promising.

"Few sinners are saved after the first twenty minutes of a sermon." - Mark Twain

My father-in-law could have learned something from this.

"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand." - Mark Twain

My 16 year old daughter probably wouldn't agree with this.