Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Chambers

Our goal is to limit the number of distractions from what is proving to be an enormously successful winter season for Canadian athletes.

Geddy Lee

Other times, I'll just sit with the lyrics and, basically, the lyrics will inspire me to write a particular melodic part or vocal melody.

Rising commodities prices definitely contributed to the fortune of the Canadian dollar today. Commodities have been a positive factor for the Canadian dollar in 2005 and the market expects good news to continue this year.

Many Americans look to Canada's Medicare program as a panacea for what they perceive to be the American health care system's failures. These wonderful visions of Canada's socialized health program tend to ignore the very real costs that system imposes on Canadians in need of medically necessary care: long wait times that can stretch into months or even years of painful and detrimental delay. The reality is that Canada's Medicare program is a model for no one, not even Canada.

Michael Shanks

We never thought the show would last this long.

I was a little nervous. I didn't expect the Canadians to be so close.

Jennifer Heil

I was a little disappointed but hopefully they will raise the Canadian flag, not the American flag (at the official medal ceremony).

Michael Shanks

I think the writing on the wall is definitely there this year that this is probably our last year.

I think there would be an awkwardness to say the least for a Canadian company to walk in the door and say where do we go from here.

Andrea Martin

That was a pretty fabulous set... it does transport you. I remember that it didn't feel like a set, I really felt like I was in outer space.

Rick Fox

That's what it's going to take to win these last four games. Not an individual effort by any one person-a collective group going out and surviving.

It gives such a signal that people may start to go long U.S. dollar and short the Canadian dollar.

Ralph Klein

It goes without saying the economic impact is very serious indeed, but there's not much we can do until the full investigation is complete, ... What we can do is tell Canadians and Albertans: Eat beef.

I think Vancouver will be sensational. Canadians love winter sports.

It isn't the same game it was four years ago, or even one year ago. We're a much different team, and the Canadians have made changes as well. The rest of the world is getting better every day. You've got to meet those challenges head-on, or you're going to get caught from behind.

Rick Moranis

I think that I recall the nostalgic '50s: the start of early television and rock-and-roll, and I think everything seemed to get very generic. Not much has changed.

Cindy Klassen

I was truly overwhelmed to represent the most successful Canadian Olympic Winter Games team ever.

Andrea Martin

I was very claustrophobic, and I couldn't hear, and it was enormously challenging. And that's why, frankly, I never did it again.

J. C. Watts

It doesn't look like the spread will narrow any time soon. There is no reason to get terribly enthusiastic on the Canadian dollar right now.

Michael Shanks

I think I'd certainly be lying to say I would have wanted to play the character in somebody else's interpretation for 8 years that way.

I suppose the Ivey may be having some small effects, but we don't think it should be. Fundamentally we don't think there's been any real shift in the Canadian economy.

It'd be interesting if you had to find a record for everything you had to say. But I think that whole talking code thing is great.

I think it would be just great for Canadian baseball. There's a natural connection. Hopefully it all gets worked out.

Donal Logue

I think I was able to ride on a good wave of not seeming too desperate. There's a confidence in there that's actually rare for me.

Deborah Kara Unger

I thought I had a huge crush on a young Canadian photographer who was commissioned to go down to Australia to do a series, so I tried to figure out a way to follow him without getting in trouble with my parents, and that was by auditioning for their National Institute.

Colin Mochrie

Judy Garland would gain and lose a lot of weight, and because of that, she ended up having no derriere, so she had to have a prosthetic one to give her shape in some of her evening gowns. Because we're working on a Canadian show and they're very cheap, they wanted to take my wife's prosthetic (butt) away. That was the whole pilot. The great thing about a Canadian show is we have a little more freedom, I think.

Victor Garber

I have been very impressed to see how Jennifer has stepped into this role and taken it to another level and I love working with her.

Ryan Gosling

I don't feel like I would be a good mentor. I don't know what I have to offer in that respect. I do this for pretty selfish reasons.

I could see them sort of lay back a little bit. They were sort of like, 'Holy ... what's going on here?' It's a Canadian game we want to play. We want to make sure everyone knows that we're coming out hitting.

Michael Shanks

I'd done a few jobs, but not much, and I'd come from a family that exercises caution when it comes to anything to do with job security.

I am concerned about the U.S. energy industry taking over our Canadian natural resources. We should be holding onto them more tightly.

Melissa Auf der Maur

I am for sure a redhead and there aren't that many of us out there in music.

Brian Mulroney

He certainly made an important mark on Canadian journalism.