A Quote by Mark Twain

A jackass has that kind of strength, and puts it to a useful purpose, and is valuable to the world because he is a jackass; but anobleman is not valuable because he is a jackass. It is a mixture that is always ineffectual, and should never have been attempted in the first place. And yet, once you start a mistake, the trouble is done and you never know what is going to come of it.

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

And I will not be beaten by that jackass." "Jackass?" said Foaly, wounded. "My favorite uncle is a jackass.

Eoin Colfer

Ma'am, when I got up this morning, I didn't want to be jackass. You just pushed my jackass button.

Bill Engvall

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass.

Mark Twain

Because a jackass brays doesn't mean you have to take it to heart.

Jeanne Phillips

Just because a jackass brays does not mean you have to pay attention.

Jeanne Phillips

How about this?" I said, because now it was the principle of the thing. "I'm sorry, jackass.

Rosemary Clement-Moore

Did you ever know that you're a jackass?

Chris Jericho

Every jackass going the roads thinks he has ideas.

James Joyce

I just always had a penchant for performing for people.I'm a jackass clown.

Nick Offerman

The way that I look at it is that, when we film for eight months straight for a new 'Jackass' movie, I know that I'm going to wind up with at least two broken bones. I don't know when it's going to happen, but you can't contemplate how you're going to fall and what's going to happen.