Stephen Leacock Quotes

I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.

Stephen Leacock

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.

Stephen Leacock

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

Stephen Leacock

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

Stephen Leacock

Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Stephen Leacock

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

Stephen Leacock

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.

Stephen Leacock

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.

Stephen Leacock