Eric Nicol quotes

“Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it.”
-- Eric Nicol

Source : Eric Nicol, Alan Walker (1972). “Still a Nicol: the best of Eric Nicol”

#War Quotes #America Quotes #Littles Quotes

“The first humans to come to Canada were the Indians. There is some mystery as to where the Indians came from. Some experts say that they came from the same place as the Eskimo. This doesn't help much because nobody knows where the Eskimo came from either. (Except the Eskimo, and they aren't talking.)”
-- Eric Nicol

#Talking Quotes #History Quotes #Experts Quotes

“If the rest of his foursome are bunched directly behind his ball, or assume the foetal position with their backs to the tee, the golfer is reminded that his drive tends to be erratic. More cruel yet is for his opponent to stand directly in the projected line of flight, as the safest place to be.”
-- Eric Nicol

#Golf Quotes #Opponents Quotes #Balls Quotes

“Most Americans don't understand Canadian political parties. Neither do most Canadians”
-- Eric Nicol

Source : Eric Nicol, Dave More (1986). “The U.S. Or Us: What's the Difference, Eh?”

#Party Quotes #Political Quotes #Political Parties Quotes

“The fashionable Canadian drug habit, instead of cocaine, is to sniff real snow.”
-- Eric Nicol

Source : Eric Nicol, Dave More (1986). “The U.S. Or Us: What's the Difference, Eh?”

#Real Quotes #Snow Quotes #Drug Quotes

“Clearly, if Confederation is to survive another 100 years, Canada must find a national esprit de corps. Cohesion cannot depend indefinitely on hating Toronto.”
-- Eric Nicol

#Hate Quotes #Years Quotes #Toronto Quotes

“All my life I've been aware of the Second World War humming in the background. I was born 10 years after it was finished, and without ever seeing it. It formed my generation and the world we lived in. I played Hurricanes and Spitfires in the playground, and war films still form the basis of all my moral philosophy. All the men I've ever got to my feet for or called sir had been in the war.”

“To be nonviolent to human beings and to be a killer or enemy of the poor animals is Satan's philosophy. In this age there is always enmity against poor animals, and therefore the poor creatures are always anxious. The reaction of the poor animals is being forced on human society, and therefore there is always strain of cold or hot war between men, individually, collectively or nationally.”

“Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.”

“To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war correspondents, if any, aware, as they are, that these innocent thanks belong to those American combat troops who won the beachhead and then made the breakthrough. There are few such men in Paris.”

“Bismarck fought 'necessary' wars and killed thousands, the idealists of the twentieth century fight 'just' wars and kill millions.”

“Together, these advocates create a pro-Israeli case so compelling that the idea and reality of Israel has worked itself deep into American culture, politics and foreign policy. Many American Jews refuse to accept it, but the real debate between Israel’s supporters and detractors in America is all but over.”

“We feel strongly that the spirit characteristic of America at its noblest, above all the pursuit of higher learning, cannot admit of any conditions as to personnel other than those designed to promote the objects for which this institution is established, and particularly with no regard whatever to accidents of race, creed, or sex.”

“The soul of the slave, the soul of the "little man," is as dear to me as the soul of the great.”

“I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll smoke a little weed,”

Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011

“I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.”