The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.
Mark TwainWho is this Renaissance? Where did he come from? Who gave him permission to cram the Republic with his execrable daubs?
Mark TwainAs for the dinosaur - But Noah's conscience was easy; it was not named in his cargo list and he and the boys were not aware that there was such a creature. He said he could not blame himself for not knowing about the dinosaur, because it was an American animal and America had not then been discovered.
Mark Twain