Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

Most of our people have never had it so good.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

I'd like that translated, if I may.

The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.

The person you became with her is worth being.

Only love drives out hate because its only light that can conquer darkness

A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore.

Ships have feelings.

For simplicity one can think of the + class as having one extra base at some point or other in the genetic message and the - class as having one too few.

Journalism is to politician as dog is to lamp-post.

Quadratic reciprocity is the song of love in the land of prime numbers.

Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes a health-promoting care of the sins and wounds to which the weak flesh is subject.

Any Canadian looking in the bathroom mirror is sure to recognize one of Guy Vanderhaeghe's people. Man Descending is the startling debut of an excellent writer.