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Quotes About Calgary

I see the rivalry in Alberta now between Calgary and Edmonton on the men's side and I'd love to see it on the women's side as well. I'd love to bring a team home. I think that would be a great legacy to leave.
~ Stephanie Labbe
I'm from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and my family is Punjabi.
~ Jinder Mahal
I would like to especially acknowledge my home community of Calgary, and the people of central Alberta who made my dream of freedom a reality.
~ Amanda Lindhout
In Tampa, it's not that cold but it gets dark early here compared to Calgary.
~ Tyson Kidd
My parents landed in Calgary in December 1974, straight from Nairobi. They were immigrants, like many people coming to build a better life. My mom was five months pregnant with me when they landed.
~ Imran Amed
I've said for years I could never figure out why Calgary ever drafted me. When I got there, I think they had eight or nine right wingers already. These guys were premiere players. It's not like they were extremely late in their careers, either.
~ Brett Hull
Calgary wins for my coldest New Year's Eve gig. That's when I learned Fahrenheit and Celsius cross at 40 below. I could see callers' breath coming out of my phone.
~ Elayne Boosler
Vancouver is a beautiful area, I don't care what time of the year you're there. Vancouver and Calgary. Great places in Canada.
~ Jamie Farr
I went to a tiny little high school... I'd make my foray into Calgary if I wanted to see a movie or do something crazy.
~ Erica Durance
I met Richard Pryor for the first time in Calgary, in Canada. A very quiet, modest meeting.
~ Gene Wilder
Calgary prides itself on being a wrestling town.
~ Jinder Mahal
My first two years in the CFL, all I thought of was getting back to the NFL - it was like 'I'll put my time in up here and go back.' Then I went and signed a nice contract in Calgary and was like, 'Hey, I can make a living up here, this is great football, and I'm having a blast.'
~ Doug Flutie
I lived in Calgary, and a lot of old WWE, WWF and WCW guys went through Calgary - whether to train or to work on the independent scene. When I lived there, I became immersed in all of this wrestling talk and it sparked my curiosity.
~ Laurel Van Ness
they're going to blame the sorcerer for both those things as well as the hike in Calgary's transit fares, middle-aged women wearing jeans that barely cover their asses, and SciFi canceling The Dresden Files.
~ Tanya Huff
I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
~ Imran Amed
I started playing for the Flames at 19 but even in minor hockey I remember traveling to Calgary for tournaments, from St. Albert, and I imagined playing in the Saddledome.
~ Jarome Iginla
Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage.
~ Stockwell Day
I became involved in the Australian independent wrestling scene between the ages of 13 and 19. When I was 19, I left home on my own and moved to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to train with my mentor and friend Lance Storm.
~ Tenille Dashwood
The stream in my hometown Calgary is the oil and gas industry - that's the talk you hear on the street.
~ Gary Kovacs
I grew up in a city just outside of Edmonton, St. Albert. So I watched NHL games with my grandpa. I watched a lot of games, back then it was called the Smythe Division, and it was just Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg.
~ Jarome Iginla
When the economy collapsed, our construction company was in Calgary, but the U.S. was further along in the recession, so I made the move down to Vegas.
~ Jonathan Scott
Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage.
~ Stockwell Day
Maria Elena, the nanny Noelle known since birth, had headed off to a new job in Calgary.
~ Unknown
As a result of listening to Aberhart, my father decided to leave the farm in 1927 to study at Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute, Aberhart's training school.
~ Preston Manning