Stephen Leacock Quotes

"The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man to jail for eating cucumber salad."
-Stephen Leacock in Prohibition quotes.

"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 in Christmas quotes.

"Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the law, but being a form of moral effort."
-Stephen Leacock

"Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which doesn't."
-Stephen Leacock

"Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl."
-Stephen Leacock in Love quotes.

"I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
-Stephen Leacock

"A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to go out and kill something."
-Stephen Leacock

"Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions."
-Stephen Leacock

"It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish."
-Stephen Leacock

"Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it."
-Stephen Leacock in Electricity quotes.

"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."
-Stephen Leacock in Advertising quotes.

"Anybody who has listened to certain kinds of music, or read certain kinds of poetry, or heard certain kinds of performances on the concertina, will admit that even suicide has its brighter aspects."
-Stephen Leacock

"It may be that those who do most, dream most."
-Stephen Leacock

"In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies."
-Stephen Leacock