Quotes by Canadian/Canada authors (page 14)

"I got sick of turning on the TV and seeing my face"

"The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people have worked together a lot"

Michael J. Fox, Actor

"Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur"

Michael J. Fox, Actor

"Everybody in the world knew I was before I knew who I was"

Michael J. Fox, Actor

"I'm kind of private and I keep things inside a lot, but it's been so wonderful to realize that people care about you in a very deep way and that there is some bond between an actor and his audience. I don't even know how to describe that feeling"

Michael J. Fox, Actor

"Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience"

Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Author

"Art is about trying to find the good in people and making the world a more compassionate place"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"The thing about filmmaking is, you're always learning. It's such a complex art form"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"It's always wonderful to get to know women, with the mystery and the joy and the depth. If you can make a woman laugh, you're seeing the most beautiful thing on God's Earth"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"Sometimes we get so caught up in our daily lives that we forget to take the time out to enjoy the beauty in life"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"Every struggle in your life has shaped you into the person you are today. Be thankful for the hard times, they can only make you stronger"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"Life is good when you have a good sandwich"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"The person who was holding me back from my happiness was me"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity"

John Strachan, Clergyman

"As a preacher of the Gospel, our late venerable Bishop must have been heard, to form an adequate conception of his superior excellence and commanding eloquence"

John Strachan, Clergyman

"Yeah, you know, within the context of TV families, these are pretty unsavory characters"

Will Arnett, Actor

"Well, we were never coming back to Fox... that was clear"

Will Arnett, Actor

"But since day one, we've always been kinda up against it. So at the end, it's not surprising that we were kind of led along for so many months and didn't know what the fate of the show was gonna be. It was... in a weird way, just kind of that was the way it's always been"

Will Arnett, Actor

"You want to play another kind of character in another genre, and it's been something I've been trying to do if I can in the career so far, and it's something I hope to continue because it's interesting to me and you get to do different things as an actor"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"It's fun to be hopelessly in love. It's dangerous, but it's fun"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"I mean, if you didn't get it or if you didn't feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"I believe in love at first sight. You want that connection, and then you want some problems"

Keanu Reeves, Actor

"The name of Jesus, like a secret charm, awakened similar emotions in the hearts of all the converts, and called immediately into action every feeling of moral loveliness, and every desire of dutiful obedience, which constitute Christian purity"

John Strachan, Clergyman

"At the first general meeting of this Corporation in 1820, his Lordship presided; a circumstance, which may well be considered an era in the history of the Church of Upper Canada"

John Strachan, Clergyman

"The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task"

Robertson Davies, Novelist

"Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself"

Robertson Davies, Novelist

"The drama may be called that part of theatrical art which lends itself most readily to intellectual discussion: what is left is theater"

Robertson Davies, Novelist

"Pornography is rather like trying to find out about a Beethoven symphony by having somebody tell you about it and perhaps hum a few bars"

Robertson Davies, Novelist

"Only a fool expects to be happy all the time"

Robertson Davies, Novelist

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Quotes by Canadian authors