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Category Archive: Canadian

Anne Carson Quote: “Maybe I could have been good…”

Maybe I could have been good as a drawer if I had done it as much as I did writing, but it’s more scary to draw. It’s more revealing. You can’t disguise yourself in drawing.

November 18, 2018 1950, Anne Carson, Canadian, June 21, Quotes by Poets

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “All media exist to invest our…”

All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.

November 17, 2018 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “Most of our assumptions have outlived…”

Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness.

November 17, 2018 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Goldwin Smith Quote: “Art is expression, and to have…”

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

November 15, 2018 1823, August 13, Canadian, Goldwin Smith, Quotes by Historians

Eric Butterworth Quote: “One of the best things to…”

One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.

November 14, 2018 1916, Canadian, Eric Butterworth, Quotes by Educators, September 12

Lucy Maud Montgomery Quote: “That is one good thing about…”

That is one good thing about this world… there are always sure to be more springs.

November 9, 2018 1874, Canadian, Lucy Maud Montgomery, November 30, Quotes by Educators

Irving Layton Quote: “Idealist: a cynic in the making….”

Idealist: a cynic in the making.

November 3, 2018 1912, Canadian, Irving Layton, March 12, Quotes by Poets

Michael Redhill Quote: “I’d had an early stint in…”

Redhilll Quote, old cinema opening film reel spiral
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I’d had an early stint in acting school, and there was something satisfying about becoming a character, about being inside another mind that you had to create out of yourself. As I moved toward a life in writing, I found many of the things I’d learned in acting school still applied.

November 2, 2018 1966, Canadian, June 12, Michael Redhill, Quotes by Poets

Jean Vanier Quote: “Community begins in mystery and ends…”

Vanier Quote, group of people having picnic in park
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Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.

October 31, 2018 1928, Canadian, Jean Vanier, Quotes by Philosophers, September 10

Ian Hacking Quote: “If you were just intent on…”

Hacking Quote, crop seeds planted in large field
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If you were just intent on killing people you could do better with a bomb made of agricultural fertiliser.

October 29, 2018 1936, Canadian, February 18, Ian Hacking, Quotes by Philosophers

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