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Stephen Leacock 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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Believe Now Christmas Spirit First

I'd write songs like 'One Big Holiday,' and we'd play it and say, 'It's too heavy for 'At Dawn.' Let's save it for the next one.' We had more time for that, but when you mix a song, the general rule of thumb for us is a song a day or usually a day and a half.

Time Day Song Dawn You Holiday

There's an inner feeling you get when you get in a situation to do well in a game. It's hard to explain.

Game You Feeling Situation Hard Get

I always grew up watching things transform, and a lot of that was what we would call trash.

Trash Watching Always Up Things Lot

There are a lot of plans out there for fixing health care.

Health Care Plans Out Health Care

What's easy to forget once you're minorly famous is how nerve-racking it is to walk up to someone famous and interrupt them. When I'm taking a picture with a fan, it's not uncommon for their hands to be shaking or for me to feel their heart pounding through their rib cage. But the best part is how easy it is for me to make someone's day.

Heart Best Walk Day Me Picture

I think L.A. gets a bad rap. L.A. is the same as everywhere else.

Think Bad Same Rap I Think Else

I used to think that losing made you more hungry and determined but after my success at the Olympics and the U.S. Open I realise that winning is the biggest motivation.

Success Losing Winning Think You

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

Jean-Luc Godard

Beginning Story End Movies Middle

It's not only inhumane to treat Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens. It's deeply un-American.

Treat Only Citizens Second-Class

A word about blue jeans, which, when I was growing up, were called dungarees, one of the more unfortunate marketing ideas of our time: Starting as a work garment for miners, the ubiquitous blue jeans became a staple of the counterculture starting when Brando wore them in 'On the Waterfront' and remained so through the anti-war protests of the '70s.

Work Time Blue Ideas Growing Up

Any exercise is better than nothing, even if it's only five minutes.

Mary Helen Bowers

Better Exercise Nothing Five Minutes

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

Crime Rational Ever Defended Grounds

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