"Genuine leadership is inherently moral."

“Treat the elderly as a nonrenewable resource; they care!”

“Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.”

“You know, even in the economic downturn in Alberta, there are restaurants in Calgary, and even in Canmore up the mountain, that cannot open for lunch because they cannot find staff. And they cannot find staff because there's nowhere for those people to live. And so safe and decent housing, market housing, subsidized housing, the whole bit, we really, really need to have our heads on straight on this, and we don't yet.”

“A reasonable amount of fleas is good for a dog; it keeps him from brooding over being a dog.”

“I don't fear death because I don't fear anything I don't understand. When I start to think about it, I order a massage and it goes away.”

“Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.”

“The only hope of transforming the world from the 'tsunami of violence' is for each of us to become the change we wish to see in the world.”

“I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.”