Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Canadian Authors - Page 18

In the Arctic, the Inuit are saying water and land are the same; they're an unbroken unity. In the winter, you travel on the ice because it's the linkage and the easiest way, and in the summer, you move around on the water.

I've always liked the idea of merging esoteric art cinema with down-and-dirty exploitation films.

I fought the social media thing kicking and screaming. It can demystify. But it's a different world now, and that is part of what we, as humans, have developed: right, wrong, good, bad, I don't know.

The greatest level of hostility and venom, really, is between parties closest to each other on the political spectrum.

I was one of those weird kids who didn't really speak or smile. I remember my teachers would call home and ask if everything was fine at home because I would never smile. Then I got into this phase, from maybe fourth to eighth grade, where my personality just did a 180.

I hate when people litter.

My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.

The only criterion we used in doing cover material was we wanted to do songs that we wished bands would play when we went out. We were doing Yardbirds and Rolling Stones cover songs-which is not any big deal, but where we were from, all we were getting were Top 40 bands.

My diet, my regime, the whole life I have on the road has always got that little bit of stress because I'm always afraid I'm going to get a cold. And it's just such a nightmare when you got a cold or an irritation and you have to do a show.

It's very rare that people are exactly who they appear to be.

The easiest way to win the competition for eyeballs in the digital age is to broadcast bad behavior. People like watching train wrecks.

I have a lot of weakness in my core, so that's definitely something I'm improving on.

I didn't like the way I looked in pictures - when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, 'Eesh.'

If you love dance and you have the gift of teaching, teaching is super amazing and important because my teachers planted that seed in me. As a teacher you understand the difference or the definition of a Baryshnikov or a Gregory Hines, so teaching is really important and very necessary.

Me being blessed, you need to bless others.

Music is all about wanting to be better at it.

I really love taking a girl who has no idea how to wear makeup and teach her everything, and show her the difference at the end. The smile on their face is just amazing. It's like they won a million dollars.

I always tell everyone wrestling is like the mafia, once you get in, you can't get out.

Harmony is when the sum is greater than the parts. A happy exaggeration.

Some people say I smile too much.

I'm not always a rat. Sometimes it just comes out.

Hard numbers tell an important story; user stats and sales numbers will always be key metrics. But every day, your users are sharing a huge amount of qualitative data, too - and a lot of companies either don't know how or forget to act on it.

I have done a lot of crazy things in my life, and I do not regret anything.

I don't want to hide who I am and want to be accepted fully for all that I am.

What's different with Cambridge Analytica and more broadly with social media is that you are the target. People want to harvest your information in as granular a way as possible in order to, like, create a picture, a complete picture of who you are, ultimately to either sell you things or make you believe things.

Stand-up comedy is not a man's job. It's an alpha job: To be the only person in a room with a microphone who's allowed to talk.

I don't think about the reader when I'm writing, but I do when I'm editing, of course. For instance, I self-consciously didn't want to do anything to increase the divide between mothers and nonmothers - I think that divide is so horrible and destructive and unnecessary.

If you are not playing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the year, what's the point? If you don't win, you may as well not make the playoffs, because you are loser just like everyone else.

Makeup does a lot for your confidence. When I put makeup on, I walk taller. I smile more. I feel good. I know I look prettier. Even if I just put day makeup on.

Research such as ours is driven by the human imperative to understand where we are. It motivates the study of our positions in family, or in society, or on earth. The results may be termed geology, or sociology, or poetry.

I am very excited about the prospect of using cryptocurrency, not just as a money equivalent, but using it as a way to earn something as a result of doing some type of work.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

When my father and I were off in the woods or off fishing, we were communicating all the time. We didn't catch many fish and my father was a pretty good fisherman but he just like to take one or two fish and then we would make camp and broil those fish and eat them.

If you've done something wrong, the first step is to try to own up and tell people about it.

You can't take your foot off the pedal; you've got to get pucks to the next level.

I like having a good time.

We need to recognize that it is growing economic inequality that creates the conditions for hate to fester.

I'm good at reading people. If I wasn't an actor, I would be a psychologist.

Here's how I think of my money - as soldiers - I send them out to war everyday. I want them to take prisoners and come home, so there's more of them.

I've always believed we can attract a lot more Canadians to the conservative party by explaining and communicating our policies in a more positive way.

The sun can't shine forever.

You can take a team of absolute all-stars in terms of their native abilities, but if they are not working together, they are much less effective than a team where there is less native ability but a higher degree of teamwork and cohesion.

I'm very passionate about equal rights.

Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.

One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.

I wrote an episode for 'thirtysomething,' and a producer said, 'That's really good, but what is it about? What does it say about you? What questions are you asking yourself?' I had never thought about that. This comment changed who I was, because it made me look at my own soul, the dark corners in my soul, and accept that dark side.

You can't let someone else lower your self-esteem, because that's what it is - self-esteem. You need to first love yourself before you have anybody else love you.

I think people who don't go away to university are missing out on one of the great life experiences. You meet people from so many different places and it's the shared life experience that helps you grow.

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

Along the way, let's never forget that once we were children and that we were all playing together without distinction of skin color, society level, or where people come from. Adults need to remember to play and to be more childlike in our behavior. We've forgotten what that childlike experience was like.

My last passport, I had North Korea, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Liberia, Guinea... I had, like, every war-torn country in there.

I have everything I want in life.

People go through periods when things are dark and cloudy, and they talk dark and cloudy.

Girls are told they're not skinny enough, or they hear, 'She's old. She's boring. We've had her. She's not tiny anymore.' A lot of people don't take into account the vulnerability of these young girls.

Someone like me who has been a fan of the WWE my whole life, to be a part of SummerSlam every year makes it even more special.

I interviewed Putin himself in 2000, shortly after he took over as president.

What is music for? It's to make you feel good.

We should never overestimate an audience's culture, but we should never underestimate their intelligence.

Data is powerful and if it's put in the wrong hands, it becomes a weapon. And we have to understand that companies like Facebook, and platforms like Facebook or Twitter, are not just social networking sites. They're opportunities for information warfare.