Invoking his father’s iconic phrase, when the latter was about to invoke the War Measures Act some 40 years earlier, Justin was asked during a plane trip whether he felt he could beat incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper in the next federal election. Trudeau’s response: “Just watch me.” On education, and investing in Canadians, Justin [...]
On one of his skating idols: “Always looked up to Brian and his skating. I loved his skating and what he had done for the sport. And the triple axel, that was the thing. And I wanted a triple axel.” “My mom was a dancer and my dad is a singer and I’ve always had [...]
In the FULL COMMENT section of the National Post, in an article published three months before his release from prison in 2012, Black offered a number of interesting quotes on a number of subjects. Included in that piece, here are two interesting quotes: On the NHL: “As a sports fan generally, I’m a bit of [...]
Honest Ed lived life to its fullest, but was modest. Nor did he shy away from mortality; in fact, he said many things about that. Here are just two of them: “I would then like my body cremated and the ashes put in an hourglass.” “I would then like someone sitting on the throne to [...]
Where does one start with quotes from Canadian funnyman Mike Myers? How about with a quote from perhaps his most well-known creation, Austin Powers: “Are you kidding, baby? I put the “grrrr” in swinger, baby! Yeah!” What makes a guy like Myers sexy? Good looks? Is he sexy? Not so; at least not according to [...]
While we all know BlackBerry’s can’t speak—on their own — much has been said by RIM executives, RIM detractors, and BlackBerry users about this Smartphone manufacturer… Former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis once said about tablets: “Yes, a tablet is a cool concept, but can you put it in your pocket?” Need it be said that RIM [...]
Of his famous journey — in a birch bark canoe – Mackenzie wrote: “this favourite project of my own ambition.” A fur trader’s canoe was no ordinary vessel. He spoke highly of his own, which he variously described in the following ways: “At the same time she was so light, that two men could carry [...]
In his film Beginners, as the character Hal in response to a question from his ‘son’ Oliver: “The chair is not gay, obviously.” On aging and getting to play recurring roles (whether on stage or in film): “And Hamlet you can never do well enough until you are my age.” Plummer enjoys playing evil characters [...]
“If you look closely, you know a lot about someone by what they wear.” “I’m scared of surgery because I don’t want to look in the mirror and not recognise who’s looking back.” “I tend to look somewhere other than the media for my definition of what is beautiful.” “I am built for men who [...]
“Oh, for God’s sake . . . get a life, will you?” Shatner’s entertaining challenge to Carrie Fisher: “First of all, Star Wars was derivative of Star Trek, by what ten, fifteen twenty years, whatever it was… Derivative!” Shatner during his Just for Laughs performance: “I live in California, but I was raised in Montreal. [...]
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