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Quotes by Canadian Authors
"One of the remarkable things about my career is that it has been marked by steady, incremental progress. No sudden spikes up, and no sudden downfalls, either."
"And as we continue to improve our understanding of the basic science on which applications increasingly depend, material benefits of this and other kinds are secured for the future."
"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."
"You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog."
Fear,
"American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver's license age than at voting age."
"Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law."
"I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it."
"My father was the most rational and the most dispassionate of men."
"To me many short poems read and write like beginnings that simply whet my appetite; I want to get over that."
"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?"
Mind,
"Personality and socialization aren't the same thing."
"This paper was one of my digressions into abstract economics."
"Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement."
"Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert."
"Being named a great school at a great price means that we offer both high-quality academic programs and real affordability for families. We offer a personal touch that's hard to match at a big school but without a big price tag."
"We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians."
"I have seen many successful people fail after they start fearing they might lose what they have built."
"Often undecided whether to desert a sinking ship for one that might not float, he would make up his mind to sit on the wharf for a day."
"Maybe our young people are not as vacuous as we would like to lead ourselves to believe - that all they're interested in is hairdos and looking at other beautiful people. Maybe they're interested in learning something."
"Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help."
"I ended up an actor, did my first professional union gig in 1974, and I've been doing it ever since."
"I've recently started composting in my apartment, which is quite an adventure."
"You have got to make new music, that is the way that I look at it anyway."
"Friday night is our date night. We really carve out time for each other."
"We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations."
"It would be unthinkable in Canadian public life today for the public inauguration of our supreme political figures to be accompanied by prayer."
"The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself."
"For science must breathe the oxygen of freedom."
"Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy."
"The child gets two confusing messages when a parent tells him which is the right fork to use, and then proceeds to use the wrong one. So does the child who listens to parents bicker and fuss, yet is told to be nice to his brothers and sisters."
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