Comments on: Great Dudes in History: Mark Twain

By: The Once and Future Dude

The Once and Future Dude — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:14:24 +0000

he was the wisest of dudes.

By: The Dudely Lama

The Dudely Lama — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:06:51 +0000

Stella!

By: The Arch Dudeship

The Arch Dudeship — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:26:57 +0000

I think that “kindness of strangers” quote is actually from Tennessee Williams’ “Streetcar Named Desire.”

By: Lone dude

Lone dude — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:19:15 +0000

“I have always relied on the kindness of strangers” -Mark Twain

By: The Arch Dudeship

The Arch Dudeship — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:55:00 +0000

I have seen slower people than I am–and more deliberate…and even quieter, and more listless, and lazier people than I am. But they were dead.
-Twain

By: Dude1967

Dude1967 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:04:13 +0000

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting.
-Mark Twain

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.
-Mark Twain

If that isn’t “Takin’ it easy”, in the parlance of our times, I don’t know what is.

By: The Arch Dudeship

The Arch Dudeship — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:19:33 +0000

Postscript:

If Wikipedia is to be trusted, Twain was an influence on the Stranger/Narrator:

The use of the Stranger’s voiceover also came from Chandler as Joel remarked, “He is a little bit of an audience substitute. In the movie adaptation of Chandler it’s the main character that speaks off-screen, but we didn’t want to reproduce that though it obviously has echoes. It’s as if someone was commenting on the plot from an all-seeing point of view. And at the same time rediscovering the old earthiness of a Mark Twain.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Lebowski

By: weaven

weaven — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:53:40 +0000

On a personal level… Mark the Dude Twain… or Sam, MDT or Samuel Clemens… if you’re not onto the brevity thing…
has always been the mark of inspiration for up and coming Dudes in America… from La Jolla up to Pismo!

By: The Dudely Lama

The Dudely Lama — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:17:00 +0000

This is a work of genie-us.