Quotes by Canadian authors

"I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride"

"Young women, adolescent girls, are more subject to infection, sometimes at a rate of six times that of boys. That tells you a lot about the vulnerability of women"

"Canada's a huge country, so to be able to unite the country through communication satellite technology or to be able to observe it through remote sensing technology from space is a natural fit for a country like Canada"

"We have played a critical role in meeting the new safety standards. The Canadian space industry contributed new tools that make the inspection of the space shuttle possible"

"Through these ongoing activities and possibly in the future, a Canadian will go live and work on the International Space Station and we will continue to make Canadians proud of our achievements in space"

"The space industry is developing and delivering benefits that tie into our immediate needs and priorities here on Earth-for example, medical and materials research, and satellite communications"

"NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage"

"Canada has made a strong commitment as a partner in the International Space Station and, like the other partners, wishes to see the assembly of this unique orbiting laboratory continue"

"I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer"

"It is a challenge to have your launch date slip continuously"

"I wanted to further my education, so I went on to get a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and came back and served about ten years in the Canadian Navy as what we call a combat systems engineer"

"I'll skate on concrete if I have to. I'm not worried about how fast the ice is. I'm worried about how fast I can go on the ice"

"I am kind of like a diesel. It is the cyclist in me"

"If you dream and you allow yourself to dream you can do anything. And that's what this Olympic medal represents"

"I still can't believe I won the Olympics. That's what I feel right now - completely alive as a human being. It's a really beautiful moment"

"I love skating so much and I feel like every time I step out onto the ice, that's what I'm meant to do"

"I've been lucky enough to fly to space twice"

"I grew up below the poverty line; I didn't have as much as other people did. I think it made me stronger as a person, it built my character. Now I have a 4.0 grade point average and I want to go to college, and just become a better person"

"I've got my eye on a few things to spend my money on. I've got my own bank card but I am really good with money. I don't spend too much at all"

"Trying to force creativity is never good"

"Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things"

"In my 50s I'll be dancing at my children's weddings"

"Open a magazine from the 1930s and '40s and look at the illustrations in it. There's nobody alive that could touch the way they could draw back then"

"There is no greater honour than to serve Canadians"

"Perhaps the greatest utopia would be if we could all realize that no utopia is possible; no place to run, no place to hide, just take care of business here and now"

"Anyhow, a philosophical turn of thought now was not amiss, else one's patience would have given out almost at the harbour entrance. The term of her probation was eight days"

"The Peking man was a thinking being, standing erect, dating to the beginning of the Ice Age"

"You are the only person on earth who can use your ability"

"In 1983, NASA invited Canada to fly three payload specialists, in part because we had contributed the robotic arm that is used on the shuttle"

"I like the opportunity to travel the world and work in close company with other people"