Quotes & Sayings About Canadian Winter

Vienna didn't invent the coffeehouse. The world's first sprang up in Constantinople (now Istanbul) in 1554, the first Western European one nearly a century later when an enterprising young man named Jacob opened a shop in Oxford, England, that served the "bitter black beverage." From the outset, coffee was considered dangerous. It was known as the "revolutionary drink, — Eric Weiner

To survive the Canadian winter, one needs a body of brass, eyes of glass, and blood made of brandy. — Louis Armand De Lom D'Arce Lahontan

I am honored to be selected as Canada's flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games. Over the past 16 days we've had some outstanding performances by Canadian athletes and it is truly overwhelming to be selected as the flag bearer amidst the most successful Canadian Olympic Winter Games team ever. — Cindy Klassen

The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can. — E. O. Wilson

As the winter set in with its customary Canadian severity the real trouble of the French began. They did not suffer from the cold, but they were dying of scurvy. — Harry Johnston

Sleep, when deep enough, is indistinguishable from vigilance. — R. Scott Bakker

The Canadian Identity, it seems, is truly elusive only at home. Beyond the borders Canadians know exactly who they are, within they see themselves as part of a family, a street, a neighbourhood, a community, a province , a region, and on special occasions like Canada Day and Grey Cup weekend and, of course, during the Winter Olympics, a country called Canada. Beyond the borders, they pine; within the borders, they more often whine — Roy MacGregor

We use only 10% of our brains ... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%! — Ellen DeGeneres

Real Canada is where people wear sweaters for survival, not style. — Mark Leiren-Young

A peregrine falcon," a passenger said, "lives at 2180 Yonge Street in Toronto, on the corner of Yonge and Eglinton. It sits high on the Canadian Tire building, hunts from there, brings prey, and in full view of everyone in the offices, tears it to pieces. Blood everywhere. — Kathleen Winter

Rumor ... often is fathered and mothered by false reports. — Andre Norton

Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive. — Stephen Leacock

Ah, the intractable Canadian problem: Winter and finery are basically incompatible. — Russell Smith

I voted for Barack Obama. — LaDainian Tomlinson

There's never any guarantee at war. — Rudy Giuliani

The only thing I've been concerned about is whether I could grow my heart thing enough to protect me from the harsh western Canadian winter. — Sean Avery