Only in North America is it regarded as a major achievement to speak one language moderately well.

Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life.

It's important not to look like a tool in front of your posse.

For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it.

All of us in Quebec - and I mean all of us - have allowed language to become a preoccupation that works to the disadvantage of all of us - and I mean all of us.

You can count on the fingers of one hand the times a B sample has not confirmed the result of the A sample. It's almost always a delaying tactic.

I would be inclined to say 'if you are not willing to cooperate and follow the rules of your international federation you are not the right track and field association to be part of the USOC.

I'm very impressed. All the crowds I've seen are very enthusiastic. It's not the first time every seat hasn't been sold at the Winter Olympics.

Should' is my all time least favorite word. It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.

'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.

The Nobel Peace Prize opened up a door in my heart.

I love pink, it's so girly!

When I was 11 I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin and my teacher told me I would make a great actor.

I'm more encouraged by the saplings: new music groups, tiny new venues, entrepreneurial musician-composers who aren't waiting to be discovered but are instead building their own Establishment.

He 's gone, and who knows how he may report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?

A leader must inspire or his team will expire.

Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion.

The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.