I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than what was happening in Canada. And my mother was fervently of that opinion. — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
From my mother came the idea that going down to the sea repaired the spirit. That is where she walked when she was sad or worried or lonely for my father. If she had been crying, she came back composed;… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary. — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
Also, when I didn't like something, I could keep my opinion to myself. — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
I grew up in kind of the last generation of Canadians who thought things that were happening in Britain were more important, almost, than… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
I think one of the lessons we learn in life - and it's an old lesson, but each of us has to learn it,… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
“If you love the language, the greatest thing you can do to ensure its survival is not to complain about bad usage but to… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
Wordstruck is exactly what I was—and still am: crazy about the sound of words, the look of words, the taste of words, the feeling… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
Change is legitimate and inevitable, for our language is a mighty river, picking up silt and flotsam here and discarding it there, but growing… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
We spent a month in Japan last year, a week in Istanbul for the United Nations, and nearly three months in my native Nova… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
“He always wrote on the flyleaf of each new book the date and where he was, so I can follow him: reading Chesterton just… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
I am not really retired, and may never be completely, but I can't think of a better place to contemplate retirement than New York… — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
Words make another place, a place to escape to with your spirit alone. — Robert MacNeil Copy Share Image
