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Famous Stephen Leacock Quotes
“Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.”
“Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.”
“He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.”
“Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't.”
“It may be those who do most, dream most.”
“In point of morals, the average woman is, even for business, too crooked.”
“In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.”
“A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.”
“Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.”
“The Lord said 'let there be wheat' and Saskatchewan was born”
“There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit”
“On the same bill and on the same side of it there should not be two charges for the same thing”
“The sorrows and disasters of Europe always brought fortune to America.”
“When actors begin to think, it's time for a change. They are not fitted for it.”
“Being a specialist is one thing, getting a job is another.”
“It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.”
“I owe a lot to my teachers and mean to pay them back some day.”
“It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.”