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.
Mark TwainWell enough for old folks to rise early, because they have done so many mean things all their lives they can't sleep anyhow.
Mark TwainIt is curious and interesting to notice what an attraction a fussy, mincing, nickel-plated word has for you.
Mark Twain