To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization. Adrienne Clarkson
We only need to look at what we are really doing in the world and at home and we’ll know what it is to be Canadian. Adrienne Clarkson
Stumbling through darkness and racing through light, we have persisted in the creation of a Canadian civilization. Adrienne Clarkson
Patriotism is not dying for one’s country, it is living for one’s contry. And for humanity. Perhaps that is not as romantic, but it’s better. Agnes Macphail
I’m no lady. I’m an MP. Agnes Macphail
Canadians can be radical, but they must be radical in their own peculiar way, and that way must be in harmony with our national traditions and ideals. Agnes MacPhail
Canada? I don’t even know what street it’s on. Al ‘Scarface’ Capone
Until I came to Canada I never knew ’snow’ was a four letter word. Alberto Manguel
When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell
Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something you have never seen before. Alexander Graham Bell
The term “eh?”- pronounced like a long A – is usually affixed to every sentence out of a Canadian’s mouth, from the sublime (“I love you, eh?”) to the ridiculous (Let’s get married, eh?”) and everything in between (“Gimme a pack of Export, eh?”) Allan Gould
It’s going to be a great country when they finish unpacking it. Andrew H. Malcom
We’ll explain the appeal of curling to you if you explain the appeal of the National Rifle Association to us. Andy Barrie
The crisis of Canada today is the combination of economic problems facing us and the increasing impotency of governments that lack either the will or the resources to do much about it. The tragedy of Canada today is that just when we need a country that’s pulling together in common cause, we have one that keeps finding new ways to pull itself apart. Angus Reid
God Bless America, but God help Canada to put up with them! Anonymous
What is a Canadian? A Canadian is a fellow wearing English tweeds, a Hong Kong shirt and Spanish shoes, who sips Brazilian coffee sweetened with Philippine sugar from a Bavarian cup while nibbling Swiss cheese, sitting at a Danish desk over a Persian rug, after coming home in a German car from an Italian movie… and then writes his Member of Parliament with a Japanese ballpoint pen on French paper, demanding that he do something about foreigners taking away our Canadian jobs. Anonymous
Canada is like your attic, you forget that it’s up there, but when you go, it’s like “Oh man, look at all this great stuff!” Anonymous
Canada is like a bird, it likes to soar freely Anonymous
Give me a good canoe, a pair of Jibway snowshoes, my beaver, my family and ten thousand square miles of wilderness and I am happy. Archie Belaney (Grey Owl)
Canada has never been a melting-pot; more like a tossed salad. Arnold Edinborough
