Stephen Leacock (Stephen P. H. Butler Leacock) Quotes
It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.Stephen Leacock
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
Mahesh Babu -
And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.
Umberto Guidoni -
I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
Watkin Tudor Jones -
To plunder, to slaughter, to steal, these things they misname empire; and where they make a wilderness, they call it peace.
Tacitus -
If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
Patrick Swayze -
The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
Abraham Lincoln
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
Gary Cole -
From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.
Olav Thon -
I had a band with a girl in New York, and we would go around and do gigs. And then I happened to start getting work as an actress.
Laura Bell Bundy -
We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
Harrison Ford -
The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.
Garrison Keillor -
ISIS itself, it draws its central belief system from the Koran and from the writings of the Prophet Muhammad. That is undeniable. And it's a medieval interpretation of it. It is a literal interpretation of it.
Jack Keane
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
Wendell Pierce -
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
Hannah Arendt -
For 'Ghostbusters,' the thing that makes it such an amazing franchise and an amazing idea is that it is adds the element of physics and technology. It's not just about ghosts. Who the heck came up with that? It is such a good idea, such a unique combination of stuff from different genres. Ghosts and sci fi.
Kate McKinnon -
We're in very bad trouble if we don't understand the planet we're trying to save.
Carl Sagan -
I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
Fatty Arbuckle -
I give 110% while I am working. I know I do, because I have been doing this since I was nine. This is a way of life for me. So whether it be successful or not is not in my hands. I still do my job, the best I can.
Kate del Castillo
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They've listed my name in the dictionary - 'Imeldific' is used to mean ostentatious extravagance... But the truth will prevail.
Imelda Marcos -
I really love New York, but I have to say, the humidity during the summer is a nightmare for a cartoonist. Not only am I sweating in my studio, my bristol board is curling up, the drafting tape is peeling off the board, my Rapidograph pens bleed the minute I put them to paper... it's a disaster.
Adrian Tomine -
I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
Damien Hirst -
Ma vie est une énigme dont ton nom est le mot. (My life is an enigma, of which your name is the word.)
Victor Hugo -
In many countries, when I gave the name 'Rap Monster,' I often heard that it was 'too much.'
Kim Nam-joon BTS -
It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish.
Stephen Leacock