I am what is called a professor emeritusโfrom the Latin e, 'out,' and meritus, 'so he ought to be.
Stephen LeacockA half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries better.
Stephen LeacockAs for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does one good to see a straight, fine, honest fight where the best man wins. When a Liberal got in, it made him mad, and he said so,-not, mind you; from any political bias, for his office forbid it,-but simply because one can't bear to see the country go absolutely to the devil.
Stephen Leacock