If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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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