Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

I don't read the newspapers, I don't watch the news. I figure, if something important happens, someone will tell me.

You can't run a government from one single person. What instead matters is that leadership be about gathering around extraordinary individuals and getting the best out of them.

Ultimately, being open and respectful towards each other is much more powerful as a way to diffuse hatred and anger than, you know, layering on, you know, big walls and oppressive policies.

People think that boxing is all about how hard you can hit your opponent. It's not. Boxing is about how hard a hit you can take and keep going.

I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills.

I was a snowboard instructor, I was a bouncer in a nightclub, I was a whitewater river guide for many years. I worked as a teacher. I make no apologies for a very varied set of life experiences.

You cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents.

There's a lotta countries that do very well at dropping bombs. There are other things that Canada actually does better than most other countries. And one of them is training people on the ground.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

Things fell into place and there was an opportunity for fresh leadership. And - I was - I was successful.

Try it before you doubt it, because it might just be for you

I've learned one important lesson in my life, and I'm going to share it with you. Don't worry about bad things that haven't happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.

It's a new phenomenon in America that states can now sue the national government and become a kind of check and balance on the excesses of the federal government.

Gave her love away, put it in my pocket when it should of been framed!

The more I say about God, the less you'll know about God.

Technically, I have not changed very much. Ask my assistants. They'll tell you, I am the easiest photographer to work with. I don't have heavy equipment. I work out of one bag.

This is the best biography by me I have ever read.

What we get in steerage is not the refuse, but the sinew and bone of all the nations.

We do not ignore maturity. Maturity consists in not losing the past while fully living in the present with a prudent awareness of the possibilities of the future.

Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.