Elizabeth May Quotes

Canada, Politician
June 9, 1954

Elizabeth Evans May OC MP is an American-born Canadian politician. May is leader of the Green Party of Canada and Member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands. An environmentalist, author, activist, and lawyer, May served as the Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006.

When Dante described the circles of Hell, he clearly forgot the one where a hungry pixie sits on one's shoulder for eternity.

Elizabeth May
- Hell
- Eternity
- Circles
Using 1990 as the base year, Canada's emissions are now 24 percent higher, while the United States is up by 14 percent. The United States' performance is superior to Canada's, even though it is outside Kyoto.

Elizabeth May

Then I started feeling better. There were all these things I could do.

Elizabeth May
- Things
- Started
I'm going to let my friends in the other parties fight over the turf at the cutting edge of the status quo.

Elizabeth May
- Friends
- Fight
- Status Quo
You should never even ask if a campaign is winnable, because the question is not answerable. No-one can predict the course of the future. Time and time again I have seen completely unforeseeable shifts in the tide of events that result in campaign victory.

Elizabeth May
- Time
- Victory
- Events
There is not enough tea in the world to calm me.

Elizabeth May
- Calm
- Tea