Cultural differences Quote by David Cronenberg

Canada and America are very, very different. It's true that we share a language and many customs. But Americans have a very different view…

— Joseph Boyden

But Americans are different from everyone else in the world - except the Canadians, and Americans are more different from the Canadians than they…

— William Pfaff

Yet another thing Canadians and Europeans have in common is an obsession with the United States, and with distinguishing themselves from it, often by…

— Timothy Garton Ash

Americans are much easier to please than Canadians. The American taste is less critical. Canadians are more cultured, they are more aware of the…

— Chris de Burgh

Canadians are like Americans, just less racist, violent, and ignorant.

— Dov Davidoff

There's just kind of a sweetness about Canadians. Americans are a little more pushy, I mean, in a way that I enjoy - they're…

— Neko Case

I think that may be the biggest difference between Americans and people elsewhere. Unlike Americans, Canadians know that there are places just as real…

— Jane Jacobs

Compared to Americans, Canadians are often more gentle in their approach to things. They're much more apologetic. There's less room for conflict.

— Joseph Boyden

There's something I have about being Canadian - there's a distance it gives you when you live in the States and operate in American…

— Michael J. Fox

There's a kind of integrity to being an observer of a culture. I think Canadians have that privilege innately. We are, like, the observers…

— Luke Macfarlane

“Americans are pushy, obnoxious, neurotic, crass - anything and everything - the full catastrophe as our friend Zorba might say. Canadians are none of…

— Maria Semple

I was asked to speak about Canadian politics. It may not be true, but it's legendary that if you're like all Americans, you know…

— Stephen Harper