Typical Canadian Sayings

#1. I have empathy towards bullying. Not about punishing the bully but empowering the victim. We have a tendency to use the word "bully" and other words in the wrong situations, thus desensitizing and lessening the impact of the true situation.

Renee Lawless

#2. I will find you, Amy.
Lovesick words, hateful intentions.

Gillian Flynn

#3. I was ... a journalist ... though my typical beat was freelancing articles on Canadian politics, which never included any mention of demonic phenomena, though it might explain the rise of the neoconservatives.

Kelley Armstrong

#4. You have an amazing imagination!" "I Know," I say, smiling back at her. "my head is chock-full of gruesome ideas

Bonnie Shimko

#5. I don't keep a journal.

Chris Evans

#6. The typical journalist's typical lead for the typical Canadian story nowadays is along this line: that Canadians are hard at work trying to gain a reputation as a nation of rapid social change.

Stockwell Day

#7. An great building will never stand if you neglect the small bricks.

Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

#8. For why should not the wine of their own country satisfy men's desires, unless they were to import water also, like the foolish Persian kings?

Clement Of Alexandria

#9. Being alone was what I wanted; being alone was not what I wanted.

Catherine Lacey

#10. I originated my own cliches, but I'm finding that's not working for me anymore.

Tom Bodett