Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.
How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, "When I am a big boy." But what is that? The big boy says, "When I grow up." And th… - Stephen Leacock
How strange it is, our little procession of life! The child says, "When I am a big boy." But what is that? The big boy says, "When I grow up." And th…
- Stephen Leacock
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it. - Stephen Leacock
Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit - Stephen Leacock
There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl. - Stephen Leacock
Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
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. - 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.
Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy-it's the occurring that's hard. - Stephen Leacock
Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing is easy-it's the occurring that's hard.
Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. - Stephen Leacock
Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it. - Stephen Leacock
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Being a specialist is one thing, getting a job is another. - Stephen Leacock
Being a specialist is one thing, getting a job is another.
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