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Stephen Leacock Quotes

We think of the noble object for which the professor appears tonight, we may be assured that the Lord will forgive any one who will laugh at the professor.

Stephen Leacock

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Think Laugh Will Noble Lord May

This business switching styles can't be done honestly by one man. As soon as he can play his instrument well, he can express himself, and all his life he has only one self.

Jimmy Rushing

Life Business Man Self Play Done

I studied African American studies, and I read these slave narratives and the escape narratives of people that were able to escape slavery and always found those stories intriguing and powerful and inspiring.

John Legend

People Slavery American Powerful

While a guy may not be totally happy, he can be effective and do well for the team.

Jeff Van Gundy

Happy Team Guy May Well He

No one in Silicon Valley loves virtual reality or believes in its future as much as Clay Bavor.

Steven Levy

Future Reality Clay Virtual Reality

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

Robert Anton Wilson

Infinite Consciousness Coincidences

People don't say, 'I just had a kid and I hope it turns out to be a factory worker.'

Rodney Brooks

Hope People Say Kid Out Just

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

Ronald Reagan

Someone You Tell Communist Well Who

I think I should be here alone to rethink the world - I do. I want these lesser humans gone.

Roseanne Barr

Alone World Think Want Gone Here

Not any amount of aid is going to move Africa forward.

Mo Ibrahim

Forward Africa Going Move Aid Any

I think technology, on one side, you can look at it; it's disrupted a lot of industries and businesses. On the other side, it's enabled us to do things that we never thought possible in being able to engage customers.

Mindy Grossman

Technology Think Thought You Look

People feel really uncomfortable when there's silence.

Jason Jones

Silence People Feel Uncomfortable

In my family, education was something you endured. My parents weren't educated past high school, and the only book in our house was a 'Reader's Digest' condensed book. Can you imagine?

Dawn Steel

Family Education Past School Parents