Quotes by Canadian/Canada authors (page 17)

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

Chris Hadfield, Astronaut

"If some countries have too much history, we have too much geography"

Mackenzie King, Statesman

"When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"When I'm able to see the ice ahead of time when I get the puck, I'm able to make some pretty good plays"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"We feel that, with Sidney, we have a great opportunity over the next few years to put a great team on the ice. We're prepared to lose some money along the way. Eventually we're going to need some help"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"The first few games that we played against some of the teams, the young guys, you know, want a stick sign or photo sign, and I think that they respect what I have achieved throughout my career"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"Since the beginning, I always loved the game. When you grow up in Montreal, one day you want to be a professional hockey player. When I was six or seven, I knew that was what I wanted"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"Oh, I did stop smoking a long time ago"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey - he was a big reason for me coming back"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was not able to play at the level that I was accustomed to"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I'm only 35, and I felt that the time was right to try to come back and have a chance for him to see me play"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I think the game has opened up, and that's why I decided to come back and try to be a part of it"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I think people in Montreal smoke a lot, and I used to smoke when I was 17-18, and just picked it up when I was playing juniors. But I think I stopped when I was 22, which was a big decision in my life"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I don't try to match wine with food, I just drink what I like. And I think a lot of people are going towards that now, which never used to be in the past"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I didn't speak English until I came to Pittsburgh"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I didn't like the way the game was being played"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"I can no longer play at a level I was accustomed to in the past"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"Everybody I talked to - from my friends to my family and some of the players - really gave me a lot of support from the start. And that certainly made me feel good about trying to come back and be one of the best again"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"Depending on how we start the season, I can play center or wing... It doesn't matter to me"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"A month before the season I stop putting ketchup on my french fries"

Mario Lemieux, Athlete

"When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"The anxiety of most parents in seeing their sons and daughters enlist does not lie only in the fear of the physical dangers they may encounter"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"No one will deny that the excessive use of alcohol and alcoholic beverages would do more than any other single factor to make impossible a total war effort"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"Nor do we begin to have a clear appreciation of what the increase in consumption of alcoholic beverages in wartime means in increased risk, and in loss of efficiency to the fighting and working forces of the country"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"I would not wish to imply that most industrial accidents are due to intemperance. But, certainly, temperance has never failed to reduce their number"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician

"For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life"

William Lyon Mackenzie King, Politician