How great a quality is horse sense! Someone has defined it as that something which keeps horses from betting on men!

Canada is not a melting-pot. Canada is an association of peoples who have, and cherish, great differences but who work together because they can respect themselves and each other.

Technology has been defined, perhaps a little ungenerously, as "a long Greek name for a bag of tools".

Truth must the guide of those who hold the power; but humility is their sign, the promise that their privileges are in safe hands.

The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.

It is the University's function to turn out well-balanced persons with an understanding of themselves and of their place in life.

The great menace of civilization in the present is that we offer an education with too little regard for the roots.

We can best serve the cause of Canadian unity and understanding by living first in and through and then beyond our own immediate traditions.

Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours.

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of greatness.

In fact, in the far North one sees the northern lights facing south!

To live each day like it is your best, give your best, laugh your best, love your best and be the best you can be.

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

I never met a politician who didn't want to be a guitar player in a rock band. I've got the opportunity to say what I believe in.

Portfolios are everything, promises are nothing. Do the work.

The fork is the most powerful tool ever placed in our hands.

It's just not easy enough to say that I pray and God will accomplish.

I'm terrified by speaking in front of people!

When you're writing, it's as if you're within a kind of closed world.

I strive to express the spiritual nature of the Universe. Painting for me is a dynamic balance and wholeness of life; it is mysterious and transcending, yet solid and real.

Good luck, boss. Don't let'em turn you into horse meat! (Blackjack)