Stephen Leacock Quotes

United Kingdom, Economist
December 30, 1869 – March, 28, 1944.

Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock, FRSC was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humorist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humorist in the world. He is known for his light humour along with criticisms of people's follies. The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour was named in his honour.

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it isn't. I imagine that Thomas Edison never did a day's work in his last fifty years.

Stephen Leacock
- Work
- Creative
- Called
Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and hour.

Stephen Leacock
- Life
- Learn
- Late

It may be those who do most, dream most.

Stephen Leacock
- Dream
- Most
- Those
Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult.

Stephen Leacock
- Writing
- Ideas
- Occur
There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

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

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

Stephen Leacock
- Name
- Fishing
- Angling

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

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

Stephen Leacock
- Lies
- Ancient
- Statistics