Famous Quotes
Gardiner was well-practiced as a speech-maker for the Conservatives, in his summations as a lawyer, and in Metro Toronto business. He often expressed his beliefs in turns of phrases:
- "I don't care if I win or lose. But I'll win"
- "The only symphony I understand is the one played on a cash register"
- "You'll never leave footprints in the sands of time if you sit in your cabana on the beach"
- "Nobody has ever borrowed their way to prosperity"
- "A mathematical phenomenon exists in our suburbs - multiplication by sub-division"
- "Toronto has shrunk at the core and burst at the seams"
- "It's not too much of a tempest and not much of a teapot"
- "Smile and the world smiles with you; tax and you tax alone"
- "An ability to shoot golf in the low 60s is an indication of at least a partially misspent life"
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Famous quotes containing the words famous and/or quotes:
“Madame Sosostris, famous clairvoyante,
Had a bad cold, nevertheless
Is known to be the wisest woman in Europe,
With a wicked pack of cards.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word as good. What he quotes, he fills with his own voice and humour, and the whole cyclopedia of his table-talk is presently believed to be his own.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)