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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"Sometimes it is not easy to find any words that properly convey a thought. When we hear or read, we usually remember the gist, not the exact words, so there has to be such a thing as a gist that is not the same as a bunch of words."
"We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same."
"The Romans, we are told, were by nature a peculiarly warlike race."
"The position the Government finds itself in is not one of constructing a law, but of carrying out a decision given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council."
"At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems to not be going anywhere, I go and pick up the guitar."
"In my youth, it was my good luck to have a few good teachers, men and women, who came into my head and lit a match."
"I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent."
"Chum was a British boy's weekly which, at the end of the year was bound into a single huge book; and the following Christmas parents bought it as Christmas presents for male children."
"I would compare that to when I first started with the Montreal Canadiens; it was a big family then, where the guys really stuck together and worked like a unit. But when I came back in '88, it was not like that anymore."
"I love big budgeted, epic rock landscapes. That's what turns me on."
"Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?"
"The people of Canada have worked hard to build a country that opens its doors to include all, regardless of their differences; a country that respects all, regardless of their differences; a country that demands equality for all, regardless of their differences."
"Sometimes my age is inappropriate for my behavior."
"I think money is due for some sort of collapse. People are going to realize that money has a half-life, like radioactive elements."
"In seeking absolute truth we aim at the unattainable and must be content with broken portions."
"The most significant piece of advice my father gave me early on about acting was, don't get caught acting. Really believe in what you're doing and then commit to it. Even if it feels uncomfortable, even if you feel that you're gonna look like an ass. It's all acting, but find the truth in a moment as opposed to just pretending you have and rather than trying to act your way out of it."
"Almost every scene, I re-think as I'm about to start drawing it, and at least half of the time I'm changing dialogue or whatever, or adding scenes or different things."
"That's sort of what I like about this character is that he's not the good guy, he's not truly the bad guy."
"Forgiveness is the intentional act or process of pardoning or offering absolution unto another."
"Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work."
"I would love to stay at SNL forever. But you can't stay in the same place. People think you're a loser."
"It is foolish to regret anything form one's past."
"Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you."
"It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun."
"If you want to maintain a sustainable supply of fish you have to farm the fish, rather than mine them. So putting your money into fishing fleets that are going to exacerbate the problem by over-fishing is not the way to preserve the underlying asset."
"The end of science is not to prove a theory, but to improve mankind."
"Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo."
"To be on the same team with Orr was great because when I turned pro, nobody had more charisma."
"He wished someone in the course of history had thought of striking that word and all its derivatives from the English Language - happy, happier, happiest, happiness. What the devil did the words really mean anyway? Why not just the word pleasure, which was far more... well, pleasant."
"Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion."
"You've seen what you've seen you've felt what you've felt. Ideology is for people who don't trust their own experiences and perceptions of the world."
"The child psychologist's clinic: where imaginary friends go to die, where dreams go to burn, where creativity goes to drown."
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