Something I don't want to do, ever, is to put Quebec in a position of weakness.

I've repeated it 100 times and I'm going to look you in the eye, tonight, Mr. Couillard: there will be no referendum as long as Quebecers aren't ready.

Hey, the bait is here. Get in Quebecers, get in the lobster trap, and then we'll close the door. And you'll have a referendum no matter what.

Quebec's distinct character makes Canada an even better country, and vice versa: being in Canada makes Quebec a better place too.

A big mistake in politics is to think that because an issue appears to have been settled, it doesn't exist anymore. You just sweep it under the rug and pretend it doesn't exist.

In Quebec, we can no longer increase taxes if we want to stay competitive.

In Quebec, our goal isn't to reduce daycare service - a program the entire world envies - but to make it viable so tomorrow's families can keep benefiting from it.

Quebec's financial situation is serious. In terms of intensity, we're close to matching 1982 and 1997. We won't do the same things this time, but the problems we face today are about as pressing.

Not only in Canada but in other countries where we have to rely on immigration for our growth, the question of coexistence of values in communities is important. It has to be dealt with.

We have to redesign the finances of the Quebec state to preserve what counts: education, health and families.

You can't stop a reform in the middle. You do it completely and pretty fast, or you don't do it.

There's always something in it for the person who is allowing to be taken advantage of. - Psychotherapist David in Type 1 Sociopath

It is always the ones who believe that are hurt the worst when things go wrong.

Beth from accountingis just sitting in her careating spaghetti.

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true.

You hear people sing songs about when they really can't stand anyone anymore or you hear people sing songs about when they really love someone and they really love them.

I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.

Stop going to church everywhere and start belonging to church somewhere.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

When I first got a guitar, it was a Spanish, classical thing.