A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe.

Racism is a refuge for the ignorant. It seeks to divide and to destroy. It is the enemy of freedom, and deserves to be met head-on and stamped out.

The nation is bound together by its creative artists and not by parallel lines of rusting steel.

The more I see of the country, the less I feel I know about it. There is a saying that after five years in the north every man is an expert; after ten years, a novice.

I only write books about dead people. They can't sue.

My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place.

I was hated, you know. I made no secret of the fact that I was an atheist. People told me there are no atheists in fox holes. That's nonsense. [interview promoting Marching as to War (2002)]

I am an atheist, a rationalist and a humanist.

Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.

Stop giving complaints to people about what you can't do. Start giving compliments to God for what you can do. It'll amaze you

Nostalgia is a lane of calm comfort, charming even a complacent heart!

My mom put me in a Pampers commercial on TV.

There is merit without rank, but there is no rank without some merit.

No genuine observer can decide otherwise than that the homes of a nation are the bulwarks of personal and national safety and thrift.

Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.

A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover - but will sooner or later find a tyrant.

I do believe that leaders have to be held to a higher standard, especially Christian leaders. I put myself in that camp.

You have punished me long enough, you have punished yourself long enough. Return to me. I beg.