Stephen Leacock Quotes

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

Stephen Leacock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 30, 1869 - March 28, 1944

Topics

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The cost of building large airships can be prohibitive. The entry barrier is considerable and could be a show-stopper for large-scale projects.

Jens Martin Skibsted

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I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I never really had a job. I was a football player, then a football coach, then a football broadcaster. It's been my life. Pro football has been my life since 1967. I've enjoyed every part of it. Never once did it ever feel like work.

John Madden

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Genomic science, as the newest frontier in scholarly research, is throwing open the door to a revolutionary way of approaching our health, the health and welfare of animals, and the sustainability of our environment.

John Sharp

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I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

John Poindexter

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Locking up dissenters does not reduce dissent - it fosters it.

Amal Clooney

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Corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion are global problems, not just challenges for developing countries.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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I want you to tell me how bad I suck and how I'm going to get knocked out and how I've been lucky my whole career. That's fine. All day.

Stipe Miocic

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Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future.

Mary Cassatt

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When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.

Joseph Stalin

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Using predictive models from engineering and public health, designers will plan safer, healthier cities that could allow us to survive natural disasters, pandemics, and even a radiation calamity that drives us underground.

Annalee Newitz

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I mean, everyone agrees with stress tests for banks. I mean that's clear. But banks should do that on their own. And they should worry about their own capital functioning. That's what they should do. It shouldn't be a government function.

Arthur Laffer

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God truly had a better plan for me than I had imagined. You never know what life has in store.

Phyllis Smith

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