Logo
Quote by Stephen Leacock
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first ma

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so. – Stephen Leacock

Other quotes by Stephen Leacock

If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldnt use, I would hire a professor and get some text books. – Stephen Leacock

Category:
Libraries
Author
Stephen Leacock
Read Quote

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better. – Stephen Leacock

Category:
Trust
Author
Stephen Leacock
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Christmas
category

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. – Burton Hillis

Category:
Christmas

Ive also just finished filming the role of Robert Brown in Just William, which is due to transmit on BBC One at Christmas. – Harry Melling

Category:
Christmas

Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want and their kids pay for it. – Richard Lamm

Category:
Christmas

It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year. – Richard E. Grant

Category:
Christmas

Random Quotes

Every experience makes you a man. – Eric Cantona

Category:
Experience

Childhood is a short season. – Helen Hayes

Category:
Childhood

Every winner has scars. – Herbert N. Casson

Category:
Growth

I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver. – Rodger Ward

Category:
car