Country Quote by Norman Angell

I think that Canadians have an incredible reverence for authority and regard for authority, and I think one of the healthy ways that it's…

— Lorne Michaels

Canada has been a breeding ground for great comedic actors, sketch artists and stand-up comedians. We grew up with a different perspective on the…

— Harland Williams

“There are even more galvanizing aspects to the Canadian psyche than mere reticence. There is the collective fear, at least when I was growing…

— David Rakoff

Canadians have an inherent good nature, and they are used to being made fun of.

— Cobie Smulders

Actually, when it comes to knocking the Canadian cultural scene, nobody outdoes Canadians, myself included. We are veritable masters of self-deprecation.

— Mordecai Richler

Everybody in Canada seemed to listen to what they enjoyed, and nobody could tell them what to like, or what was the popular, or…

— Duke Ellington

Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating…

— Alanis Morissette

Canadians always make jokes about the arrogant American, but the longer I'm here, the more I realize, "Oh, it isn't that they're arrogant, it's…

— Kelly Oxford

“Americans, though apparently impressed by ghastly sentimentality and outrageous hypocrisy, are by nature much more politically cynical than Canadians. In their longer history they…

— Gordon Donaldson

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

— Maria Semple

Wherever you go in the world, you just have to say you're Canadian and people laugh

— John Candy

I think there's a certain objectivity that comes from being Canadian. You're partly British and partly American; you have a good bird's-eye view of…

— Eric McCormack