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Quotes About Canada

Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be.
~ Aravind Adiga
We come from a rich history of amazing sports and athletes here in Canada and there's been a long legacy before us that helped pave the way. And that's why I grew up believing I could go to the Olympics and stand on the podium one day.
~ Tessa Virtue
In my opinion, Al Moritz may be the best poet of his generation in Canada.
~ George Murray
I'm working for ESPN and ABC doing college football. I do NFL stuff for TSN in Canada. I'm so lucky to have this job.
~ Jesse Palmer
When I started out in Canada, I did a lot of voice-overs and commercials.
~ Andrea Martin
Canadians have much to be proud of and much to teach the world about compassion.
~ Denise Dresser
I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's house was filled with English books. I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.
~ Alan Bradley
I like Canada for a number of reasons, politics and people and all that stuff aside. I was raised there, and I write music best when I'm in situations that I'm surrounded by nature, and when there's seasons.
~ Devin Townsend
To improve humanity's chances of survival, it is critical that Canada assume a leadership role, first ramping up our own ambition and then pushing for more ambition overall in global negotiations.
~ Elizabeth May
If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.
~ Andrew Nikiforuk
Maybe some Ukrainians would like to have Sweden or Canada for a neighbor, but we have Russia.
~ Petro Poroshenko
Canada was for me very much Sweden, you know? Very much open people, that they read books, they go see films. I felt at home in Canada. And also, you speak French.
~ Michael Nyqvist
Because I was a champion swimmer in Canada, they're always trying to get me in the water in movies! I've drawn the line now with this film. No more water!
~ Estella Warren
My father was a rabbi and had a little synagogue in Canada, so I'm from Canada. I left there at 16.
~ David Steinberg
I realized that 'performing' was what I wanted to do when I did my first professional gig as a dancer with my company 'Synergy' in Canada. I was overwhelmed with how it felt to perform in front of an audience.
~ Catherine Mary Stewart
I was born in Canada, but both my parents are Syrian - they moved to Canada in the '70s, and I was born in a 100-percent-Arab house.
~ Sami Zayn
Maple syrup makes you strong!
~ Hannah Teter
The demand for beef in Canada remains strong because I think people in America, in North America, know that we have a very strong food safety system and that our food is safe to eat.
~ Ann Veneman
Canada is a country so square that even the female impersonators are women.
~ Richard Benner
It is in the Anglo-Saxon countries that humor is used systematically. Relaxed in Canada and New Zealand, it can be barbed and provocative in Australia. In the United States, particularly, sarcasm, kidding and feigned indignation are regarded as factors that move the meeting along and help get more done in less time.
~ Richard D. Lewis
Here's a tip, Alyconeus. Next time you choose the biggest state for your home, don't set up base in the part that's only 10 miles wide. Welcome to Canada, idiot.
~ Rick Riordan
The ruins stretch from the river to the base of that mountain over there, about half a kilometre.' 'How far is that in regular measurements?' Percy asked. Frank rolled his eyes. 'That is a regular measurement in Canada and the rest of the world. Only you Americans –' 'About five or six football fields,' Hazel interceded, feeding Arion a big chunk of gold. Percy spread his hands. 'That's all you needed to say.
~ Rick Riordan
What are these guys? He whispered Canadians, Percy said. Frank leaned away from him. Excuse me? Uh, no offense, Percy said. That's what Annabeth called them when I fought them before. She said they live in the north, in Canada. Yeah, well, Frank grumbled, we're in Canada. I'm Canadian. But I've never seen those things before.
~ Rick Riordan
I must have been sound asleep if i missed all that shouting-Simon What shouting?-Derek you mean that Chole just told you she followed a ghost onto a roof, and you didnt blast her all the way to Canada?-Simon He's a little off this morning-Chole More than a little i'll say.-Simon
~ Kelley Armstrong