Any degree of unemployment worries me.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.

I just want to hear something I haven't heard before

If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.

All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.

For free will is what makes us Heaven's creatures.

Believe in the power of prayer - it is real, it is wonderful, it is tremendous.

Take what you have and make what you want.

I love having messy hair. I put in a lot of effort to have it look as messy as possible.

The whole background of 'Avian' is rain. I was just playing with textures and realizing you can touch music.

Ever since my daughter was born I feel the fleetingness of time. And I don't want to waste it on getting the perfect lip color.

You should indeed have longer tarried By the roadside before you married.