Quotes of Stephen B. Leacock

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Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.

- Stephen B. Leacock

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“ The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience. ”

- Emily Dickinson

“ There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not. ”

- Andre Gide

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.. ”

- Thoreau

“ FORGET SWAG, I'VE GOT SHAKARA', ”

- Genereux Philip

“ With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. ”

- Unknown

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ Do I care about pleasure? Yes. But I don't believe in happiness. ”

- Tatiana Vedenska

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ After your first failure, the occurrence of a second failure closely depends on what you have learned from your past mistakes and whether or not you have drawn some valuable lessons. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. ”

- Dr. Seuss

“ Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing you can do is keep your mind young. ”

- Mark Twain

“ If our love isn't written in the stars, Why the very moment we truly locked eyes for the first time does one fly straight by. There's something to be said about twinsouls and meeting eye to eye, the soul ignites its fire for the very first time. ”

- Nikki Rowe

“ If you are really broke. You can’t afford giving up. If you can afford giving up. Then that means you are not broke. ”

- De philosopher DJ Kyos

“ We werent exactly lovers yet, But we were a little more then friends. We just kept meeting at the wrong time, but our connection never ends. ”

- Nikki Rowe

“ We accept some black people, receive some white people, embrace some Asian people, and welcome some mixed people, but God commands us to love all people. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Family where life begins & love never ends. ”

- Unknown

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray