Pierre Berton Quotes

#1. 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.

Pierre Berton

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

Pierre Berton

#3. I am an atheist, a rationalist and a humanist.

Pierre Berton

#4. The concept of barroom shoot-outs and duels in the sun have no part in our tradition either, possibly because we have had so few barrooms and so little sun. (It is awkward to reach efficiently for a six-gun while wearing a parka and two pairs of mittens.)

Pierre Berton

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

Pierre Berton

#6. On September 9, the day after Prevost's armistice ends, Napoleon launches and, at great cost, wins the Battle of Borodino, thus opening the way to Moscow. The casualties on that day exceed eighty thousand - a figure greater than the entire population, of Upper Canada.

Pierre Berton

#7. 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.

Pierre Berton

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

Pierre Berton

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

Pierre Berton