Famous Quotes & Sayings

Stephen Colbert

I don't perceive my role as a newsman at all. I'm a comedian from stem to stern. You can cut me open and count the rings of jokes.

Stephen Hess

Had this been handled expeditiously, quickly, it might have been a story on the style page, or limited to the late night comedians and the cartoonists. There's simply no question they fumbled this one.

Rob Brydon

If you're a comedian, you are looking for material in daily life.

Rob Corddry

I always fancied myself more of an actor than a comedian before I realized that only assholes make that kind of distinction.

Woody Allen

Comedians have a tendency to have a limited range, they tend to do one thing and do it very well, but it's limited.

William Shatner

I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director.

Will Ferrell

It would be great to be able to follow in the footsteps of Bill Murray. I really respect his ability as a comedian, obviously, but even more so as an actor.

Richard Pryor

Unfortunately, the show's success comes at the expense of its biggest asset -- the comedians themselves.

Tucker Carlson

Every single comedian in Canada is now living in the United States.

Alex Rodriguez

I always enjoy my stay here in Canada. It's one of those places where you just feel comfortable.

Stacey McAlpine

He's got his fair share of experience playing for Team Canada and wearing the Team Canada colors. He's proud to be a Canadian and is pretty excited about coming back to Canada.

Kirk Pengilly

He seemed to have the whole package. Canada must be proud of him.

Ezra Levant

He should be lucky we have freedom of speech in Canada because if we were in a country that didn't, he'd be in jail.

Bruce Arena

I think you can't overreact from one game, the Norway game, and ignore the Canada game. You judge players over time, not over a game. As he continues to move forward we'll have a better feel for the direction he's headed. Obviously, he's getting better. From my perspective, I need to see if he's developing into a guy who should be a player on the World Cup roster and can help us win a game.

Phil King

We're off to a great start this season, ... The NFL has always had a strong following here in Canada, and it keeps gaining momentum, thanks in large part to the competitiveness and intriguing storylines each season.

Lester Crawford

I think we're going to come close to Canada at the end of the day,

Harvey Voogd

I think that being able to pay to get medically necessary services quicker violates the Canada Health Act. It's legalizing queue-jumping.

Greg Wilkins

I think it's very important to the Canadian national interest to have strong, leading global competitors in as many industries as we can. I think it's important to keep Canada visible on the global economic map, I think it's important for our capital markets to have industry leaders, I think it's important from an employment and a technology standpoint, and I think it rolls right back into Canada's competitiveness.

Robert Torricelli

The day that I was elected to the United States Senate remains among the most cherished of my life.

Robert M. Gates

The United States has been a global power since late in the 19th century.

Wesley Clark

This is kind of hard to articulate, but in broad outline, the United States is going to do what the United States has to do.

Zhu Rongji

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade

Nancy Pelosi

Yes, [I am accusing the CIA of] misleading the Congress of the United States, misleading the Congress of the United States. I am.

Northrop Frye

We are being swallowed up by the popular culture of the United States, but then the Americans are being swallowed up by it too. It's just as much a threat to American culture as it is to ours.

P. T. Barnum

I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess...

Patty Murray

Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!

Milton Friedman

The Great Depression in the United States was caused - I won't say caused, was enormously intensified and made far worse than it would have been by bad monetary policy.