"I remember thinking that walking on the beach as a free man is pretty desirable."

-- Pierre Trudeau

#Beach Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The artist must create himself or be born again.”

Source : Denise Levertov (1981). “Light Up the Cave”, p.39, New Directions Publishing
“In Canada, the U.S. and most of Europe it may be easy to take political stands, this is something for which you can be forced to pay with your life, or your freedom, in many other parts of the world, from Iran to Russia to Pakistan to China.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“We don't think of ourselves as a dynasty. I really hope some of my grandkids will be actively involved in politics.”
“A landlord is showing a couple around an apartment. The husband looks up and says, 'Wait a minute. This apartment doesn't have a ceiling.' The landlord answers, 'That's OK. The people upstairs don't walk around that much.'”
“There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.”
“Politics, life, and business are not spectator sports. You have to get involved to get ahead. Most importantly, when you reach that level of success, keep the door open and the ladder down for others to follow.”
“I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.”
“If you are doing something for reward or punishment, you do not have morality.”

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