Whitcombe 2013 Quotes

#1. Friends disappear
or they are powerless.
This is what misfortune means
an acid test of friendship.
I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

Anne Carson

#2. We must learn to accept ourselves in the painful experiment of living. We must embrace the spiritual adventure of becoming human, moving through the many stages that lie between birth and death.

Johann Baptist Metz

#3. The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

Mark Twain

#4. Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.

Lars Feld

#5. I didn't like anyone except me having their hands all over him. There had been possession in Wolf's touch, and Adam belonged to me.

Patricia Briggs

#6. Our identity in the world is like a wave from the Ocean.

Kishore Bansal

#7. Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.

Lucretius

#8. Love is injustice, but justice doesn't suffice.

Albert Camus

#9. Canada does not just 'go along' in order to 'get along.' We will 'go along,' only if we 'go' in a direction that advances Canada's values: freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

John Baird