Quotes About Quebec

'Mars et Avril' is a science fiction film. It's set in Montreal some 50 years in the future. No one had done that kind of movie in Quebec before because it's expensive, it's set in the future, and it's got tons of visual effects, and it's shot on green screen.

Historically, the Western Abenakis opposed all English-speaking Europeans. Their homeland—present-day Vermont, New Hampshire, and southern Quebec—lay between areas of English and French control.

There was a young man of Quebec Who was frozen in snow to his neck, When asked, 'Are you Friz?' He replied, 'Yes I is, But we don't call this cold in Quebec.'

You ever want to negotiate a hostage situation in Quebec, I'm your man. Send me in for a little parley and the francophone miscreants will flee, hands over bleeding ears.

My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.

At the Quebec prison, he had read Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, then had autographed the book and given it to a guard for a souvenir.

My Canada includes Quebec—but its license plates no longer call it La belle province. I can't remember what they say now.

We have a tendency in Quebec - and I include myself in this - to describe ourselves using the past. We're always nostalgic.

In the province of Quebec where I come from, we speak French, and the only cosmopolitan city is Montreal. Every time we tackle the subject of immigration and racial tension, it's an issue that concerns Montreal.

My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.

Quebec does not have Opinions, but only sentiments.

Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?

We do not want the Quebec nation to disappear.

I am from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I was born there, and I am a twelfth Montrealer.

Growing up in Quebec, we were always playing sports. Your first athletic competition was against the kids living on your block.

I hope that one day the people of Quebec will one day be a part of the concert of nations. This is an internal debate. This will happen when Quebecers are ready.

My dad, who likes genealogy, knows who was the first guy that came from France in 1655, and the guy settled in Montreal, and Montreal is an island where the city is in Quebec.

From that moment on, there will be an irreversible process to separate Quebec from Canada.

We must give less money to these provinces, like my own province of Quebec, and give them the right incentive to develop their own natural resources and their economy.

Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman.

I keep wondering who defends Quebec identity: who defends sovereignty, the right of the people to express themselves freely.

Food from Quebec is not known to be amazing. Actually, even though you can eat really, really well in Montreal, it's crazy. It's one of the best cities I eat in, but typical Quebec food is like food from people that work in the woods. It's potatoes, meat and sauce.

He is ready, if the occasion presents itself, to throw the whole English population in the St. Lawrence.

Pointing again in the direction of tolerance was the Quebec Act of 1774. Following the treaty which ended the Anglo-French wars in North America, Canada passed to the British. Yet the largest part of the population was Catholic.