Stephen Butler LeacockThinkers

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

The Classic is mere primitive literature. It belongs in the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.

The Fetish is a powerful thing. It is not uncommon that a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

The Fetish is dangerous — many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

Infatuation is dangerous — many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.

Political economy is a field which has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself - it is the occurring which is difficult.