Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jack Layton

Unfortunately it has become clear that Paul Martin and his team are not cut from the same cloth as Lester Pearson or Pierre Trudeau. And so, most Canadians think it's time for a change.

Tony Valeri

We're focused on keeping the House open, not shutting it down, ... It's the opposition that seems to be focused on shutting it down and dragging Canadians back to the polls.

Dwaine Knight

A lot more Canadians are coming down here to play the last few years. Junior golf up there is really strong.

Ruth Collins

They signed the first ministers accord. It's their deal. It's their promise to Canadians. They're letting Canadians down,

Marc Roy

For Canadians to take part in the rescue efforts is an extremely significant show of support, and the prime minister chose to be there to send off the Canadians who are going to help in this very tragic situation.

Darrell Fox

The reproduction of the very shoe Terry wore during his Marathon of Hope will greatly enhance our fundraising efforts while reminding Canadians of his noble dream to end the suffering that cancer causes.

Justin Trudeau

I trust Canadians to be able to look at the different parties, the different leaders, the plans, the teams, and make a responsible choice. And I'm very, very confident that's exactly what Canadians are going to do.

Sandy Wilson

The research says many Canadians feel they pay too much in fees for the quality of service they receive. This is a troubling fact given the significant negative effect fees can have on investment returns over the long term.

John Matheson

We know he hasn't got any money...the American people say he hasn't got any money and the Canadians say he doesn't have any money...he tried the same scheme here.

Alan Watts

If we cling to belief in God, we cannot likewise have faith, since faith is not clinging but letting go.

Alan Watts

But the disappearance of the effort to let go is precisely the disappearance of the separate thinker, of the ego trying to watch the mind without interfering.

Alan Watts

Nothing is more creative than death, since it has the whole secret of life. It means that the past must be abandoned, that the unknown cannot be avoided, that 'I' cannot continue, and that nothing can be ultimately fixed. When a man knows this, he lives for the first time in his life. By holding his breath, he loses it. By letting go he finds it.

Alan Watts

Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be

Aiden Wilson Tozer

It is God who works in and through us, if only we would let God do His work.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The superior Christian lets God strip him of everything that might serve as a false refuge, a secondary trust.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

The meek man will attain a place of soul rest. As he walks on in meekness he will be happy to let God defend him. The old struggle to defend himself is over. He has found the peace which meekness brings.

Chris Colfer

Due to personal issues, I have been let go from the cast of Glee. Explanations will come shortly,

Chris Colfer

Roses are red, Violets are blue, No amount of money, Can stop me from loving you, Try as they may, Try as they might, I’m not letting go, Without a fight, Some say it’s wicked, Some say it’s sinful, Some it’s wrong, And just wrong, I don’t know much, But when push comes to shove, I definitely don’t believe, There’s such thing wrong as love.

Tom Paulin

Teachers are the ministers and priests of culture, its practitioners and its emissaries.

Brian Clough

Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.

Lord Caradon

Better to make prime ministers out of prisoners than prisoners out of prime ministers.

Alexander Downer

Yeah, well I'm not aspiring to be the Prime Minister.

Thomas Jefferson

Ministers and merchants love nobody.

Thomas Carlyle

Rare benevolence, the minister of God.

Francis Atterbury

The priesthood hath in all nations, and all religions, been held highly venerable.

Little Richard

No, I've never truly been a minister.

Margaret Thatcher

Advisers advise, and ministers decide.

Charles Caleb Colton

The science of mathematics performs more than it promises, but the science of metaphysics promises more than it performs.

Charles Dickens

In every life, no matter how full or empty ones purse, there is tragedy. It is the one promise life always fulfills. Thus, happiness is a gift, and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes, and to add to other peoples store of it.

Charles Stanley

God’s Word is absolutely true. You may not understand how God is going to bring about what He’s promised you, but He is keeping every promise that He has ever made. He will never deceive you or disappoint you, and He will never change His mind about what He’s told you.

Charles Spurgeon

Every threatening of God, as well as every promise shall be fulfilled.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

God expects us to measure the church not against tradition but against the standards & promises of His Word.

Carlos Mencia

Here, let's go to my dressing room, and I promise, I'll only put it in for a second.

Charles Hodge

When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only.

Bill Maher

Anyone who tells you that they know, they just know what happens when you die, I promise you, you dont. How can I be so sure? Because I dont know and you do not possess mental powers that I do not.

C. P. Scott

When you say you'll meet someone at 11:00 AM, be there at 10:45. When you promise a check on the 30th, send it on the 28th. Whatever you agree to do, do it a bit more. Start with your employees, then extend it to everyone you deal with. News will soon get around that you are a person of your word.

Cathy Austin

Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts.

Tom Cole

We signed on 101 new members, and they were all from Hopkinsville.

Tim Hevly

We have not signed him and there's no announcement pending.

Mark Jones

My granddad always said, 'Until you have a signed deal, you don't have a deal.'

Johnny Rivers

One of the first groups we signed was the Fifth Dimension.

Thomas Carroll

She signed me up and said, 'You have to do this,'

Asa Hutchinson

She delivers the signed affidavit to Mr. Jordan,

Kitty Kelley

I can't say I wasn't warned. Alarms started clanging the day I signed to write 'His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra' (Bantam Books, 1986).

Marin Alsop

I can't see that I'm going to be a much different person? I signed the contract.