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

Quote by Stephen Leacock

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A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

A sportsman is a man who every now and then, simply has to get out...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to...

Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one...

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...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a...

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...

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.

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people...

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people...

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole...

Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole...

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...

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica.

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

Astronomy teaches the correct use of the sun and the planets.

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

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

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...

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...