Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.

Quote by Stephen Leacock

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The...

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The...

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is...

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I...

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and...

Life, we learn too late, is in the living, the tissue of every day and...

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off...

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

What we call creative work, ought not to be called work at all, because it...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

Golf may be played on Sunday, not being a game within the view of the...

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but...

If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but...

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

It's a lie, but Heaven will forgive you for it.

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

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

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

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

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile...

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

There are two things in ordinary conversation which ordinary people dislike - information and wit.

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which...

Each section of the British Isles has its own way of laughing, except Wales, which...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...

The landlady of a boarding-house is a parallelogram - that is, an oblong angular figure,...

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

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

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is...

There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is...

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of...

Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of...

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's...

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's...