Canada Quotes - page 5

I was working in corporate Canada and I was doing all right. But I was burnt out... Long hours, a lot of clients. I just wanted to get away. Track and field was sort of like the elimination thing. I just wanted to go and do something. Exercise my brain and my body and kind of gravitate to that. (Donovan Bailey)
And, actually it was interesting because I had done a lot of traveling in the United States and Canada and Mexico on my motorcycle; and I was really, it was the first time I had really gotten out of the Minnesota area to speak of. View quote
Duane G. Carey
Ever since I was a little kid, I always dreamed of being a Big City kid, because I grew up in a very small town up north in Canada. I have to say I just love the city lights at night. View quote
Dustin Milligan
Thank you for reminding Canada that I'm a disappointment to them. I like hockey, I love it, but I'm not an avid hockey - let's face it, true Canadian - fan. I've always been more into snowboarding and skateboarding and sort of the alternative sports, I'm not crazy about hockey - but love it! View quote
Dustin Milligan
The opportunity to go up to Canada and play was just a blessing for me and my family. View quote
Darren Flutie
We are not imperialists. We don't even try to take over Canada. It would be easy, although it might take a rear guard action to guard Anne Murray. View quote
Evan Sayet
I want my own country, not against Canada but for Quebec. View quote
Gilles Duceppe
The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us. View quote
Gary Bettman
And so in my warnings, I was pointing to a number of incidents around the communion that could undermine our growing sense of communion - of becoming a global communion. So that's why I pointed to New Westminster in Canada, to incidents in the United States, and Sydney itself. View quote
George Carey
South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated. View quote
Honor Blackman
Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers. (Jamie Farr)
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. View quote
Jason Priestley
I have a maple leaf tattoo over my heart, quite literally, and my two favorite things on Earth are being in Canada and making movies. View quote
Jay Baruchel
You grow up skinny in Canada; in working-class Montreal, you're definitely the underdog. View quote
Jay Baruchel
The thing about Canada is, you're not really considered a Canadian actor unless you do something with the CBC. View quote
Lexa Doig
There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive. View quote
Lara St. John
For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general. View quote
Lara St. John
There was a time there in the mid '80s to the '90s there that we played six finals, three Canada Cups, we were playing hockey almost 10 months a year for a long time there. View quote
Mark Messier
Canada and space are a natural fit. View quote
Marc Garneau
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. View quote
Marc Garneau
My parents were both from Scotland, but had been resident in Lower Canada some time before their marriage, which took place in Montreal; and in that city I spent most of my life. (Maria Monk)
There is sort of a small town mentality on the east coast of Canada. View quote
Martha MacIsaac
I never wanted to be an actor as a kid. I wanted to play hockey, like every other kid in Canada. I had a pretty good shot at it until I was 15 and badly injured myself. View quote
Matt Frewer
My goal is to be living back in Canada as soon as I can, hopefully somewhere in the Gulf Islands. View quote
Nicholas Lea
I was fortunate in that I attended university in Canada in the early 1970s when you could take a true liberal arts degree with no programmes, majors or minors. View quote
O. R. Melling