Yeah. Except it doesn't really sound like Twaiin at all, does it? Peter Salwen ________________________________ From: "Ballard, Terry" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 3:01:58 PM Subject: Re: Mind over Matter The quote is also absent from Google Books pre-1960 and from JSTOR. I imagi= ne this follows the normal pattern of a clever quote being dreamed up by no= body in particular and then added to the Twain canon because it sounds like= something he would have said.=20 Terry Terry Ballard Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems New York Law School, Mendik Library 185 W. Broadway New York, NY, 10013 Telephone: 212-431-2106 Web: www.terryballard.org Blog: librariansonedge.blogspot.com Tweets: twitter.com/terryballard -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Click, Benjam= in A Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mind over Matter Always thought that was baseball great, Satchel Paige. On 2/13/11 6:46 PM, "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have often read this quote as being by Mark Twain. > =3D20 > I'm convinced, however, that's not the case. Barb Schmidt would have > included it on _www.twainquotes_ (http://www.twainquotes) . And it's no= =3D t > there. Or if it's there, I'm blind > and haven't seen it. > =3D20 > Should anyone have any convincing evidence otherwise, I'm pretty > sure it will surface here on the List. > =3D20 > Best, > =3D20 > Roger Durrett > Charlotte, NC > In a message dated 2/13/2011 4:46:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > =3D20 > I have seen this attributed to Mark Twain: "Age is an issue of mind ove= =3D r > matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." My questions are: Did M= =3D T > originate this quote? Or, at the very > least, did he at some time say or write it? If not, is the source known= =3D ? > =3D20