“There is an old motto that runs, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." This is nonsense. It ought to read, "If at first you don't succeed, quit, quit at once."” IfsTryingFirstsRunningOughtSucceedQuittingNonsenseMottoTry Again Book:Frenzied Fiction Source: Frenzied Fiction
“To write well it is first necessary to have something to say.” WritingFirstsWells Author:Stephen Leacock
“The student of arithmetic who has mastered the first four rules of his art, and successfully striven with money sums and fractions, finds himself confronted by an unbroken expanse of questions known as problems.” FirstsArtProblemKnownFourStudentsFractionsArithmeticUnbrokenExpanse Book:The Penguin Stephen Leacock Source: The Penguin Stephen Leacock
“Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so.” FirstsBelieveSpiritTurnsEssenceChristmasMake BelieveChristmas SpiritTranscendentalismCharity At Christmas Author:Stephen Leacock
