Judy Lamarsh Quotes

#1. The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.

Judy LaMarsh

#2. Everyone is an expert on T.V., just as he is on education; everyone has some education and a T.V. set.

Judy LaMarsh

#3. I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a supersleuth, he was also a hard worker. Not only did he go out and solve the crimes, he came home and wrote it all down. Fantastic. That's why I admire him.

Steve Coogan

#4. I have always thought that one of the signs of natural leaders of men (and women) was their readiness to take the necessary pains to keep their followers with them.

Judy LaMarsh

#5. I had, in my legal practice, often encountered really shocking examples of the devastating impact of the costs of long-term medical care on meagre incomes. And, just before I was elected, I had my own personal experience in paying very considerable bills for my mother's terminal illness.

Judy LaMarsh

#6. Being a part of a political party is something like being a partner in a marriage - work at it and stay loyal to it, and when you can't stomach it any longer, leave it.

Judy LaMarsh

#7. One of the things that has always been my undoing in politics is my readiness to do whatever job has to be done.

Judy LaMarsh

#8. Over the weekend Mitt Romney went body surfing. He has not body surfed since the '90s when he starred on 'Baywatch.'

David Letterman

#9. Whenever it was necessary to have a large entourage, we used military vehicles or, as for the two state funerals and our state swearing in, we hired every spare Cadillac from every undertaking firm in Ottawa. It's a make-shift way to operate a country of the size and rank of Canada.

Judy LaMarsh

#10. Don't interfere. Go on ahead to the compound."
Cora's eyes narrowed. "Is that an order?"
Ryan heaved a sigh. "A suggestion, but I can make it an order if you prefer.

Franca Storm

#11. Out of near disaster, came real progress.

Judy LaMarsh

#12. Your talent sets you apart: if you were a toad or a tarantula, even then, people would respect you, for to talent all things are forgiven.

Anton Chekhov

#13. You don't have to be successful on a grand scale like winning a talent competition or writing a New York Times bestseller - if you have enough small things that you can be successful at then eventually they outshine all your failures.

Lindsey Rietzsch

#14. It has not been the style of Canadian politicians to write of their experiences, although it is the common practice for British, French, and American Politicians upon their retirement. But I have been criticized before and I expect to be again.

Judy LaMarsh

#15. Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we will ever give him credit for.

Judy LaMarsh

#16. The relational leader operates not by being known by everyone, but by authentically creating positive relationships with people around her.

Scott K. Edinger

#17. I have served the Liberal cause for twenty-two years. That ought to be long enough for anyones lifetime.

Judy LaMarsh

#18. I suppose, as a politician, I should be content, for the Canada Pension Plan certainly put my name in Canada's history books, and in italics.

Judy LaMarsh

#19. Pity the Party without enough woman power - there will always be dreamers and leaders, but the dreams won't come true, nor will the leaders reach their goal, without the ready doers.

Judy LaMarsh

#20. A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.

Judy LaMarsh

#21. Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception.

Judy LaMarsh

#22. Complete surrender does require that you have no desire of your own, that God's desire alone is your desire and that you have no desire of your own.

Ramana Maharshi

#23. What filled her wasn't desire, but tenderness, and a profund gratitude that he lived, and she did, too. That he had found her, and that he had found her again. And ... dear gods and stardust ... yet again. Let that be the last time he ever needed to come looking for her.

Laini Taylor

#24. One of the most helpful things I introduced (and of very considerable consequence to Canadians) was my ultimate success in persuading my colleagues (after continuing battle)to reduce the qualifying age for aged pensioners from seventy to sixty-five over a five year period.

Judy LaMarsh

#25. Whenever Canada moves to protect its own industries and people, it is subjected to violent attacks in the U.S. Congress and to threats of economic retaliation.

Judy LaMarsh

#26. By God ye shall be called to account for your doings!

Elijah Muhammad

#27. I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation.

Judy LaMarsh

#28. It's not the load that breaks you. It's the way you carry it." C.S. Lewis

Bruce Van Horn

#29. I cannot say that I have been hindered all my life by the permutation of genes that resulted in me being born a woman.

Judy LaMarsh

#30. We were always expected to see Quebec's side of things, but there was damned little reciprocity.

Judy LaMarsh

#31. Women understand that men must often be kept from soiling themselves with the dirty little details of life in order to accomplish the big shinny jobs unimpeded.

Judy LaMarsh

#32. There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.

C.S. Lewis

#33. My uncertain temper is cooling, as is my sense of racing against time to accomplish the things I want to. I don't have to go anywhere or see anyone I don't want to now, and it is a glorious feeling!

Judy LaMarsh

#34. At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.

Michel Gondry