Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Adrienne Clarkson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian journalist Adrienne Clarkson.
Last updated on September 19, 2024.
Adrienne Clarkson

Adrienne Louise Clarkson is a Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation.

Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.
Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception, your artful piece of stone.
To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization. — © Adrienne Clarkson
To be complex does not mean to be fragmented. This is the paradox and the genius of our Canadian civilization.
Sometimes we read or hear too much news that makes us fearful or suspicious of others. We can forget that most of the people that we know, or at least encounter regularly, are decent and friendly.
When you get on the boat that's saving you, don't pull up the ladder behind you
No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.
As I go across the country and privately visit women's shelters and counselling centres, I am appalled that the most vulnerable people in our society are still women.
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