“When I was in jail I could only think about what the average person has to go through - the person who has no power to go to the press or no money to hire a lawyer.” ThinkingPersonsPressesAverageLawyerJailNo MoneyAverage Person Author:Josh Brolin
“My second biggest mistake in life, for which I have no one to blame but myself, is having accepted payments in cash from Karlheinz Schreiber for a mandate he gave me after I left office... My biggest mistake in life, by far, was ever agreeing to be introduced to Karlheinz Schreiber in the first place.” TryingMistakeTaxesBlameAcceptedPretendingCashPaymentBiggest MistakeLife MistakesPaying Taxes Author:Brian Mulroney
“Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the 2008 Canadian CEO of the year, Frank DAngelo.” GivingYearsGentlemanFrankCeoLadies And Gentlemen Author:Terence Corcoran
“I refuse to confirm or deny anything about any deal to purchase an American NHL franchise and move it to Canada until I've completed all of the paperwork and the deal is closed.” MovingDealsRefuseDenyCanadaNhlPaperwork Author:Jim Balsillie
“Putting up a statue to someone who tried to stop a war is not very, um, statuesque. Of course, if you had butchered five hundred of your own men out of arrogant carelessness, we'd be melting the bronze already.” IfsMenWarCoursesFiveHundredArrogantStatuesMeltingBronzeCarelessnessVetinari Book:Jingo: Stage Adaptation Source: Jingo: Stage Adaptation
“In the Ramtops village where they dance the real Morris dance, for example, they believe that no-one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away - until the clock he wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone's life, they say, is only the core of their actual existence.” WorldBelieveMadeRealDiesCausesExistenceExampleWindWineFinishedWoundsCoreClockVillageCropsRippleMorris Author:Terry Pratchett
“It doesn't matter how you live and die, it's how the bards wrote it down.” MatterDiesBards Author:Terry Pratchett
“A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.” IfsConditionsRefuseEndeavorGood MarriageAmity Author:Michel de Montaigne
“Clinton vetoed the repeal of the marriage tax. I guess Bill figures if he's married, then we all have to suffer.” IfsSufferingFiguresTaxesMarriedBillsClinton Author:Jay Leno
