Les Pages Aux Folles: Notable Quotables
Notable Quotables
Quotes courtesy of the No Comment Quotes Web site. Headlines over the quotes courtesy of The Daily Me staff. Paul Weller courtesy of Mister and Misses Weller.
On The Other Hand, If We Arrest You For Using Drugs, You Will Have A Longer And Even More Miserable Life
“[I]f you remain an addict, I don’t care how much harm you reduce, you’re going to have a short and miserable life.”
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper explaining his opposition to Insite, a supervised injection site in Vancouver
If You Were Serious About Supporting Canadian Films That Were Surefire Box Office Winners, Wouldn’t You Support Putting Money Into Movies That Had LOTS Of Sex And Violence?
“Had you even attempted to be fair and accurate, you would know that CFAC has not called for banning, censorship, or any curtailment of making any films… We have supported Bill C-10 on the sole basis that taxpayers should not be required to pay the salaries of wannabe film producers, etc., for films that are likely losers at the box office.”
- Brian Rushfeldt, Canada Family Action Coalition Executive Director, in a letter to the Toronto Star
"We are objecting to films that proselytize young people into homosexuality."
- Charles McVety, President, Canada Family Action Coalition
“It has come to the attention of Canadian taxpayers that a number of films of dubious content have received tax dollars either in the form of substantial tax credits or grants… One such film titled ‘Young People F.....g’ which was not even well received at the Toronto Film Festival got your tax dollars. It will likely be a financial failure at the box office. Other examples are ‘The Masturbators’ and ‘Kiss’( sex with dead bodies). How many other films with content that most Canadians would object to or be offended by have been funded with your tax dollars?”
- online petition sponsored by the Canada Family Action Coalition
Does Jean Paul Sartre Know About This?
“There are no exit strategies.”
- United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Does That Mean We Get 300 Wishes?
“It’s not that the genie is out of the bottle – it’s that 100 genies are out of the bottle.”
- Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, on the dangers of rising oil prices
Reckless, Foolish And Tragic Is Actually The Name Of The Firm That Advises Clinton On Foreign Policy
“In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them. That's a terrible thing to say but those people who run Iran need to understand that because that perhaps will deter them from doing something that would be reckless, foolish and tragic.”
- Democratic Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton
Let’s Leave Class Warfare In The Boardrooms And Legislatures Where It Belongs
“In the hope of heading off class warfare in the streets, let’s look at the economic reality.”
- Report on Business columnist Gwyn Morgan responds to the Statistics Canada report Earnings and Incomes of Canadians Over the Past Quarter Century
They Should Watch Where They’re Standing – They’re Getting Peace All Over Their Shoes. It’s Red And Sticky…At Least, I Think It’s Peace…
“America stands for peace, and so does Israel. And, as we stand in peace, we must understand the realities of the world in which we live. We must be steadfast and we must be strong in the face of those who murder the innocent to achieve their objectives.”
- George W. Bush, in a speech while touring Israel
Imagine How The Detainee Must Feel!
“I have been badgered, beaten and bruised by Major Groharing since the 7th of November to set a trial date. To get a trial date, I need to get discovery done.”
- Judge Peter Brownback, presiding at the military trial of Omar Khadr, describing his treatment at the hands of the prosecutor for refusing to start a trial without key documents
Said The Man With An Axis Of Evil To Grind
“Simply put: The American public does not like unprovoked aggression”
- David Frum, explaining in the National Post why so many Americans support the state of Israel
It Wouldn’t Be Sensible To Not Take The Opportunity To Disestablish A Non-point Without Using A Negative
“It wouldn’t be accurate to say that we are pleased”
- Imperial Oil Spokesperson Pius Rolheiser, responding to the delay of a government environmental impact report on the Mackenzie gas pipeline until 2009
