Rick Mercer Quotes

And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

Rick Mercer

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• When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.

  

  Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Man
  • Strong
  • Strong Woman

• Weezer's 'El Scorcho.' I'm in a '90s cover band called 'Straight 2 Video' with members of the crew from 'The Vampire Diaries,' and we played this song at our wrap party. I grin from ear to ear every time I scream this song in my car.

  

  Candice Accola
  • Time
  • Song
  • Party

• There is nothing more boring than doing singing exercises.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Singing
  • Doing
  • Boring

• I'm really excited about furthering my film career in Bollywood and Hollywood.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Career
  • Film
  • Hollywood

• I care about writing music and playing my music.

  

  Carla Bruni
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Care

• I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Mind
  • Honesty
  • Prove

• I, for one, believe that partisanship should have nothing to do with the actions of Christ. You're either Christlike, or you're not.

  

  Nate Parker
  • Believe
  • You
  • Actions

• Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.

  

  Imogen Heap
  • People
  • Music
  • Singing

• I believe that there are no mistakes in the universe, so I think it all happens as it should!

  

  Carla Hall
  • Believe
  • Universe
  • Mistakes

• In my garden, which is a big garden, I have one part that is my bird garden, and every morning, 365 days a year, they get buckets of food - for the birds, for the squirrels, the chipmunks and the turtles in the summer.

  

  Barbara Mandrell
  • Food
  • Morning
  • Summer

• I am far more distress-avoidant than I am joy-seeking.

  

  Malcolm Gladwell
  • Joy
  • Distress

• Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Good
  • Passion
  • Integrity

• I have a whole, whole lot of respect for the men and women that serve our country.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Men
  • Women
  • Country

• I love revenge.

  

  Laura Schlessinger
  • Love
  • I Love
  • Revenge

• After the falling out with my father, I worked on a couple of ranches - thoroughbred layup farms, actually - out toward Chino, California. That was fine for a little while, but I wanted to get out completely, and twenty miles away wasn't far enough.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Father
  • Couple
  • California

• While advances in scientific research have led to some new and exciting treatments that have enlarged and enhanced the quality and length of human life, we must not lose sight as to what we are trying to accomplish.

  

  Nathan Deal
  • Life
  • Trying
  • Quality

• The U.K. is so important to me. It's everything - it's my home. I love America, but it's so important for me to be here and be an artist and be well known here.

  

  Sam Smith
  • Important
  • Home
  • Artist

• A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.

  

  A. J. Liebling
  • Culture
  • Period

• One of the limits of reality Presents itself in Oley when the hay, Baked through long days, is piled in mows. It is A land too ripe for enigmas, too serene.… Things stop in that direction and since they stop The direction stops and we accept what is As good. The utmost must be good and is…

  

  Wallace Stevens
  • Good
  • Long
  • Reality

• I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom.

  

  Walt Disney
  • God
  • Live
  • Family

• Comforts and syphilis are the greatest enemies of mankind.

  

  Alexis Carrel
  • Enemies
  • Comforts
  • Syphilis

• That's what I love about Michael Douglas' performance in Wonder Boys, because I feel like he surprises audiences that know him from very different roles in his other work.

  

  Curtis Hanson
  • Work
  • Different
  • Wonder

• And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.

  

  Rick Mercer
  • Democracy
  • Election
  • Complaining