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.

Five hundred and fifty generations have lived here. Only the stories we tell each other will create us as a true Canadian people.

Songs, stories are beyond value; they are the memory and wisdom of a people, the particular individual rivers of the sea of life which constitutes us all.

Protect your self-esteem and self-confidence - it is your responsibility!

A spirit of satirical frivolity so dominated Britain in the 1960s that one critic feared the country "would sink giggling into the sea.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees it requires the hand of time.

I don't know if I could write songs if it wasn't for the female race, to be honest with you.

It is immoral from almost any point of view to refuse to defend yourself and others from very grave and terrible threats, even as there are limits to the means that can be used in such defense.

Don't just put it off and think about it!

No man can be a competent legislator who does not add to an upright intention and a sound judgment a certain degree of knowledge of the subject on which he is to legislate.

There are only 24 hours in a day. We need to quit trying to be awesome and instead be wise.

When my legs go back you can hear them jangle, once ya pop you can't stop like a can of Pringles.