Mark Twain Window Quotations

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razor strap. A thin book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

You can't break a bad habit by throwing it out the window. You've got to walk it slowly down the stairs.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

Old habits cannot be thrown out the upstairs window. They have to be coaxed downstairs one step at a time.