Winnipeg Quotes

He shall hang though every dog in Quebec bark in his favor.

My father, Orest, worked as a mechanic for the CNR and he got transferred to Dauphin from Winnipeg.

We have quietly and almost without observation, annexed all the country between here [Ottawa] and the Rocky Mountains.

I'm from Winnipeg, you idiot!

I was born in Saint Boniface, which is a small city right next to Winnipeg, nominally French speaking.

I actually loved Winnipeg. Everyone told me I was going to hate it, but it was great.

Radio was my lifeline as a kid growing up in Winnipeg in the 1950s. It connected me with the wider world outside our little prairie city.

The only politician in my family was my grandfather's grandfather, who was the mayor of Winnipeg from Jan. 1, 1917, until Jan. 5, 1917, because he lost the recount. So he was mayor of Winnipeg for four days.

I came from Winnipeg and a small-town background, and I wouldn't say a depressed area, but Winnipeg has never been a rich area like Toronto.

You have to remember that west of Winnipeg the ridings the Liberals hold are dominated by people who are either recent Asian immigrants or recent migrants from Eastern Canada; people who live in ghettos and are not integrated into Western Canadian society

Being Canadian and from Winnipeg, I have the spirit of a dreamer because of the cold, and being in the basement thinking of possibilities of where else I can be in the world, in a good way!

You could live in Winnipeg a thousand years and not meet Ringo, Paul McCartney, or Bob Dylan.

Montreal is more Canadian and more British than Toronto. Toronto is more Canadian and more British than Winnipeg. Why? Because at Quebec thanks to the preponderance of the French language, you are better protected from the American invasion ...

Well, Winnepeg has everything to do with my music in the sense it was where I was born and raised, cultured and all that sort of thing. A lot of my experiences come from Winnepeg.

I always remind myself that the world is bigger than Hollywood, because I need to. Being Canadian and from Winnipeg, I have the spirit of a dreamer because of the cold, and being in the basement thinking of possibilities of where else I can be in the world, in a good way!

I don't like it if I act anything other than the humble Winnipegger I was raised to be.