I want my Canada back!

I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.

People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going.

I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills.

I was a snowboard instructor, I was a bouncer in a nightclub, I was a whitewater river guide for many years. I worked as a teacher. I make no apologies for a very varied set of life experiences.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

You cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents.

There's a lotta countries that do very well at dropping bombs. There are other things that Canada actually does better than most other countries. And one of them is training people on the ground.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

Killing is easy, " said Mo, "Dying is harder...

Feeling indifferent or reserved about doing something is a signal that it is probably not correct after all.

You don't pay a cent to dream so why dream of becoming king's guard when you can dream of being a King

Who would have listened to his tales of woe when his love was the flickering lamp over his own decaying tomb?

You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing.

I have just made stories to please myself, because I never grew up.

If it's a good script I'll do it. And if it's a bad script, and they pay me enough, I'll do it.

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

On one occasion I went to Afghanistan to look at the borders and learn something about the situation there to see if my book was there?and it wasnt.