Some countries you love. Some countries you hate. Canada is a country you worry about.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.

And why should it not be terrifying? A little terror, in my view, is good for the soul, when it is terror in the face of a noble object.

The clerisy are those who seek, and find, delight and enlargement of life in books. The clerisy are those for whom reading is a personal art.

If you attack Stupidity you attack an entrenched interest with friends in government and every walk of public life.

Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.

The wit of a graduate student is like champagne. Canadian champagne.