"A Toast to Twain": Vote for your favorite toast to Mark Twain from these five finalists. Winner receives the grand prize "A Toast to Twain" 3 Night Finger Lakes Getaway Package! Vote now through 11:59 PM Thursday, April 15, 2010. Good Luck to our finalis
In a Facebook poll of 210 respondents, 45.2% chose “5. Lee Gaylord: "Here’s to Mark Twain… whose books had truths hidden within the laughter and whose wit and wisdom are manifest. Mark Twain said, “My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.” Lift your glasses”. How we count
5. Lee Gaylord: "Here’s to Mark Twain… whose books had truths hidden within the laughter and whose wit and wisdom are manifest. Mark Twain said, “My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.” Lift your glasses
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2. Rich LaVere: "It is said that a good toast should be short, to the point, and not overburdened with delusions of grandeur or pretension. As fate would have it, such a description can aptly be applied to Mr. Twain. In him we find a treasure trove of con
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1. Kelly McGovern: "Here's to Mark Twain-- a true literary visionary and humorist who will forever be synonymous with Elmira. He influences future generations while providing a crucial link with our past. Because he is larger than life, his humor, persona
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4. Kathy Duell: "To Mark Twain--- a man whose wit, writing and legend run as far, as wide and without fathom as the mighty Mississippi from whence he got his name."
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3. Amy Lanham Reid: "To Sam, who makes us cry (unconsoleably), and to Mark, who makes us laugh (hysterically), may you both continue to touch us by your wit and wisdom, your love and loss, and the paradox of two men incompatable, yet one. What a life!"
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