Famous Quotes & Sayings

Oliver Platt

You know, grieve your wife, this is an impulsive thing and you have no idea the kind of trouble you're getting yourself into it. And of course he doesn't listen to me and he adopts this child.

Gordon Lightfoot

I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

Tommy Chong

Ya, we had a number one record, ya we, there's a lot of history there, we uh, we discovered the Jackson Five, opening for us one place.

We are glad to see that Canadians have values-voters too. We can be optimistic about the end of the social engineering as driven by the Martin government.

We are glad to see that Canadians have values-voters, too.

The question is whether Harper can convince the Canadian population that he is trustworthy and will do what he said he would, and that he does not have a hidden agenda. If people get more comfortable with him, then I think he has a chance to probably expand his base.

Rick Moranis

What we see is what they're trying to sell us. It's not true nostalgic as much as it is repeating old material because it's less expensive than new material.

Stephen Harper

You know, the public health system is the only one most Canadians have ever used. It's the only one my family has ever used. We've just got to make it work.

We have Canadians on our hockey team, obviously, but we also have a good number of Canadians in our general student population. It feels good for them, I think, to have that. And we're close to home for them so their families can see them play.

Deborah Cox

From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters.

Deborah Cox

So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad.

Deborah Cox

I've always been switching around the show to accommodate the audience, and you know it really makes it a lot more fun for me and keeps it fresh so that I'm not complacent with the same show every night and with every audience.

With the commodity prices easing, especially oil and natural gas, the expectation is that the Canadian dollar would actually come down somewhat.

We know all Canadians want to know what happened. We cannot do anything that might infringe upon any one of those four investigations.

John Charles Polanyi

Under this scientific and moral pressure, the Canadian government conceded publicly that the use of these weapons in Vietnam was, in their view, a contravention of the Geneva Protocol.

Charlotte Whitton

When an actor has money, he doesn't send letters, but telegrams.

Ed Greenwood

I want to work with my friends because Canadian genre publishing is a really small pool.

Missy Peregrym

When 'Rookie Blue' began, I was so proud to be a Canadian on a Canadian show that was getting fans in America. I'm so used to working on American projects with Americans, it was a big deal for me to be on a show that showcases our talent... our 'peeps.'

We see strength in energy-related flows into the country, which underpins the Canadian dollar.

We seem to be observing an emerging mind-set where many Canadians do not see the need to retire their debt before they themselves retire from work.

Donovan Bailey

I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. That's home. That you can never take away from me. I'm a Jamaican-born Canadian sprinter.

Geddy Lee

When I usually go to my studio to work, I start with something that is going to take two minutes just to put some idea down and the next thing I know, ten hours have gone by and my family is screaming at me because they want me to come up to have dinner with them.

Edward Blake

The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals.

Alex Lifeson

But when Neil called, I have to say that my heart soared. And the reason was, because it said so much about his recovery... that he was coming back to the world of the living.

Alex Lifeson

I mean, you go to the internet and you can see all these conversations and arguments that our fans have about our music and that's wonderful to know, that people would take the time to be that involved.

Agnes Macphail

Never apologize. Never explain. Just get the thing done, and let them howl.

Stan Smith

This was a life's goal of mine. I don't know if a Canadian has ever won a PBA title before. There's nobody in recent history I know of.

There is probably upward momentum in the short term for energy prices, and in that environment, the Canadian dollar should do reasonably well.

The practical implication of this environment is that young Canadians must start saving very early in their lives, compared to previous generations in order to realize the same inflation-adjusted return on their savings. Our findings suggest this is not happening.

Matt Stairs

When you get 25 or 30 Canadians together it's going to be a very loose clubhouse. But it's also going to be a very serious clubhouse. We're going into the tournament very serious and ready for it.

Paul Martin

There are a large number of Canadians who are on their way down there to help.

We saw consolidation of the gains in the Canadian dollar from last Friday.