“The Arts Council of England, in a 1998 report on 11 countries, found that Germany spent $85 per capita on the arts. The United States spent a shocking $6. And Canada, in its stubborn balance, spent $46... It's the Canadian way to be halfway between the Old and New worlds.” WorldWayArtCountryStatesFoundUnitedUnited StatesBalanceEnglandGermanyReportsCanadaMuseumsNew WorldStubbornShockingCouncilHalfwayOld And New Author:Michael Audain
“In, 1950, at the age, 19 I dropped out of St. George William College in Montreal, as it then was, and sailed for England on the Franconia. Foolishly, no arrogantly, believing I could put Canada and its picayune problems behind me, never dreaming it would become the raw material of most of my fiction and non-fiction. Or that I would care so deeply about its surviving intact.” BelieveProblemDreamCareAgeBehindsFictionCollegeMaterialsEnglandCanadaSurvivingNon FictionRaw MaterialsMontreal Author:Mordecai Richler
“I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the age of twelve for having an East London Cockney accent. I thank them for the cockney taunts because the beatings turned me on to boxing. But on a serious note Canada has been kind to me.” KindHas BeensKidsAgeSeriousBeatsEnglandNotesEastLondonBoxingCanadaTwelveAccentsTauntingCockneysEast London Author:Lennox Lewis
“England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.” WarStatesWould BeEnglandConstantPreparedCanadaExpensesBetter OffIrritation Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“And I know that this is prophetic: that God is going to send this mighty wave - I want everyone here to prophecy with me in Lakeland - that this mighty wave is going all the way out to California, Highway 40, coast to coast aaaaah! and we want to release that mighty Holy Ghost in. Send it all over the world. The wave is moving. The wave is moving the wave is. Come on! Catch the wave. Catch the wave in Canada. Catch it in Canada. Catch it in Australia. Catch it in England. Catch it in Asia. Catch it in Europe. Catch it all over the world.” KnowsWorldWayWantMovingHolyEuropeEnglandWaveGhostReleaseCaliforniaCanadaAustraliaProphecyCoastAsiaHighwaysHoly GhostProphetic Author:Todd Bentley
“Malcolm Bradbury made the point, and I don't know whether it's a valid one or not, that the real English at the moment is not the English spoken in England or in America or even in Canada or Australia or New Zealand. The real English is the English which is a second language, so that it's rather like Latin in the days of the Roman Empire when people had their own languages, but had Latin in order to communicate.” PeopleKnowsMadeRealMomentsAmericaOrderLanguageEnglandCommunicateCanadaEmpiresAustraliaLatinRoman EmpireNew ZealandBradbury Author:William Golding
“Germany doesn't have a Bill of Rights, England doesn't have a Bill of Rights, nobody else has a Bill of Rights. You know, the United States is very unique, and that is in the Bill of Rights and the fact that one third of the population is armed... nobody's armed in Canada, nobody's armed in England, nobody's armed in Germany, it's amazing, the United States is a really stand alone class act.” KnowsStatesFactsUnitedClassUnited StatesRightsUniqueThirdsEnglandBillsPopulationGermanyCanadaBill Of RightsStand Alone Author:Bernard von NotHaus
“One thing we do know is that mass literacy is a product of the 19th century, at least in English-speaking cultures - Ireland, England, Scotland, Canada, and the U. S.” KnowsCultureOne ThingCenturyProductsMassEnglandCanadaIrelandScotlandLiteracy19th CenturyEnglish Speaking Author:Robert Hass
“Before World War II in Canada, you were nobody until you went to England. Then, after that it was you're nobody until you went to the States.” WorldWarStatesEnglandWar Of The WorldsCanadaWorld War IiWorld War I Author:Jay Baruchel
“In fact, various lawyers' groups - to some extent in the U.S. but mostly in England and Canada and elsewhere - are bringing demands for a war crimes trial for the crime of aggression. However, though the invasion of Iraq was plainly an act of aggression, it doesn't break any records.” WarFactsBreakRecordsGroupsCrimeDemandEnglandIraqVariousLawyerTrialsCanadaElsewhereAggressionInvasionWar Crimes Author:Noam Chomsky
“I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of seeking asylum in Canada or Australia or England, but I didn't want to leave the United States, because for better or worse I'm an American, and this is my land; so I decided to fight it out on home ground, and finally we hit upon Hawaii, because of the liberal atmosphere created by its racial admixture, and because of its relatively large population of Buddhists, who are largely nontheistic.” WantStatesHomeLawFightingChanceUnitedUnited StatesHellLandDecidedEnglandPopulationSeekingBuddhistAtmosphereCanadaAustraliaHawaiiAsylumsBaltimore Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“I am a subject of the British Crown, but whenever I have to choose between the interests of England and Canada it is manifest to me that the interests of my country are identical with those of the United States of America.” CountryStatesAmericaInterestUnitedUnited StatesSubjectsEnglandBritishCanadaManifestCrownsUnited States Of AmericaIdentical Author:Wilfrid Laurier