Quotes for All
It is a perverse faith, in that it reveres the environment ahead of people who live in it. It is a most ascetic superstition, in that it demands we live less happily and less freely and with less prosperity – the opposite of, say, the Protestant work ethic that helped build Ontario. Ezra Levant
I wrote ‘Millie’s Cafe’ driving out of Ft. Worth, Texas one time. I was in a dust storm in my old bus. Beer inside. It was like a sailboat, you know…we couldn’t see anything. Some things about Texas are so different than Ontario. I was just thinking about how different it is from where I … Read more
I write better in Cape Breton… too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don’t bother me, and I don’t feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often. Farley Mowat
It may be that this autobiography [Aimee Semple McPherson’s] is set down in sincerity, frankness, and simple effort. It may be, too, that the Statue of Liberty is situated in Lake Ontario. Dorothy Parker
The people of Ontario have a right to know how their dollars are being spent. Ontario has the leanest government in Canada while still providing high-quality public services that people can rely on. Today, we are releasing the 2014 Public Sector Salary Disclosure list as part of our government’s commitment to be the most open … Read more
Getting lab results to child clinicians faster compliments our Action Plan for Health Care by helping more patients get the right care, at the right time. It’s quite the achievement when over two million children across Ontario will experience better and more coordinated care thanks to the work being done by SickKids and eHealth Ontario. … Read more
Visiting a dentist early in life will help keep a kid’s smile healthy for years to come. We know good oral health is an important component of good overall health. That’s why I’m thrilled to be able to give eligible Ontario kids access to high-quality no-cost dental services. Deb Matthews
My great-grandfather, Sam Aykroyd, was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he was also an Edwardian spiritualist researcher who was very interested in what was going on in the invisible world, the survival of the consciousness, precipitated paintings, mediumship, and trans-channeling. Dan Aykroyd
I like to try to give something back to the community because I feel fortunate for how I was raised and how my life turned out. Each year, with the help of my brother, Grant, we run a charity golf tournament to raise money for the Ontario Federation for Cerebral Palsy. Curtis Joseph
There can be no return to prosperity while the government (of Ontario) believes that taking money from the people who have earned it and giving it away to the people who haven’t, in exchange for their votes and regardless of merit, is the essence of fairness. Conrad Black