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Category Archive: Canadian

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “For tribal man space was the…”

For tribal man space was the uncontrollable mystery. For technological man it is time that occupies the same role.

November 4, 2019 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

Manly Hall Quote: “Words are potent weapons for all…”

Words are potent weapons for all causes, good or bad.

November 2, 2019 1901, Canadian, Manly Hall, March 18, Quotes by Philosophers

Louis Dudek Quote: “There are two kinds of people…”

There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second.

October 30, 2019 1918, Canadian, February 6, Louis Dudek, Quotes by Poets

Brendan Myers Quote: “The birthplace of ‘Western’ civilization is…”

The birthplace of ‘Western’ civilization is generally agreed to be Greece, and its birth date is generally agreed to be some time during the 6th century B.C.E. Obviously, there is not one single dramatic moment that definitively started the whole thing.

October 29, 2019 1974, Brendan Myers, Canadian, July 4, Quotes by Philosophers

Anne Carson Quote: “I mean, every thought starts over…”

I mean, every thought starts over, so every expression of a thought has to do the same. every accuracy has to be invented… I feel I am blundering in concepts too fine for me.

October 29, 2019 1950, Anne Carson, Canadian, June 21, Quotes by Poets

Brendan Myers Quote: “There is nothing natural, inevitable, or…”

There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has to take the initiative to love and trust her fellow living creature and set us all free.

October 20, 2019 1974, Brendan Myers, Canadian, July 4, Quotes by Philosophers

Lucy Maud Montgomery Quote: “We should regret our mistakes and…”

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

October 18, 2019 1874, Canadian, Lucy Maud Montgomery, November 30, Quotes by Educators

George Fetherling Quote: “Poets are accepted in Canada as…”

Poets are accepted in Canada as practically nowhere else in the West because of their place in an officially supported and popularly endorsed Canadian culture. Yet, they are still bitter and argumentative, as poets elsewhere are, because they have no audience as such, only a sanctioned role in the cultural scheme of things.

October 3, 2019 1949, Canadian, George Fetherling, Quotes by Poets

Lucy Maud Montgomery Quote: “I’m not a bit changed – …”

I’m not a bit changed – not really. I’m only just pruned down and branched out. The real me – back here – is just the same.

October 2, 2019 1874, Canadian, Lucy Maud Montgomery, November 30, Quotes by Educators

Marshall McLuhan Quote: “Ads are the cave art of…”

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.

September 26, 2019 1911, Canadian, July 21, Marshall McLuhan, Quotes by Sociologists

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