Stephen Leacock citáty
Stephen Leacock
Datum narození: 30. prosinec 1869
Datum úmrtí: 28. březen 1944
Stephen Leacock byl kanadský humorista a vysokoškolský učitel politické ekonomie na McGillově univerzitě v Montrealu. Proslavily jej zejména humoristické povídky, jichž napsal na dvě desítky knih. Věnuje se v nich obyčejným životním situacím, které dožene do absurdních konců. Wikipedia
Citáty Stephen Leacock
„Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.“
"Gertrude the Governess", Nonsense Novels (1911)
„I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.“
— Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses
Insurance up to Date
Literary Lapses (1910)
„The Lord said "Let there be wheat" and Saskatchewan was born.“
My Discovery of America (1937)
„Of course, Pupkin would never have thought of considering himself on an intellectual par with Mallory Tompkins. That would have been ridiculous. Mallory Tompkins had read all sorts of things and had half a mind to write a novel himself—either that or a play. All he needed, he said, was to have a chance to get away somewhere by himself and think. Every time he went away to the city Pupkin expected that he might return with the novel all finished; but though he often came back with his eyes red from thinking, the novel as yet remained incomplete.“
— Stephen Leacock, kniha Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (1912)
„It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.“
— Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses
Reflections on Riding
Literary Lapses (1910)
„The rushing of his spirit from its prison-house was as rapid as a hunted cat passing over a garden fence.“
— Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses
Literary Lapses (1910)
„You know, many a man realizes late in life that if when he was a boy he had known what he knows now, instead of being what he is he might be what he won't; but how few boys stop to think that if they knew what they don't know instead of being what they will be, they wouldn't be?“
— Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses
How to Make a Million Dollars
Literary Lapses (1910)
„You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I am able to learn, those of your friends who are not in jail are still right there in your native village. You point out that they were wont to share your gambols, If so, you are certainly entitled to have theirs now.“
— Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses
The Poet Answered
Literary Lapses (1910)
