Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.

We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe.

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework.

Slowly but surely, we are decreasing unemployment and we are restoring confidence to the future of the Greek economy.

The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom.

It is our duty to make a leap into the future, and I believe that we will make it.

Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup.

I have always taken measures to fight corruption, to attract investment, to create a better context for investment in Greece.

Barack Obama is a president who, when he had to deal with the 2008 economic crisis, has led the American economy on a completely different path than the one that Europe has chosen eight years later.

I will continue to decisively promote reforms that will promote growth, and at the same time, I will continue to negotiate hard in order to avoid any reforms that would undermine growth.

Every stage of life is a chapter of a book. You must begin writing your life book.

Oh, Gilbert, don't let's ever grow too old and wise... no, not too old and silly for fairyland.

I don't write to be understood

Bloodletting on my premises that I ain't approved I take as a f***ing affront. It puts me off my feed.

Condition de l'homme: inconstance, ennui, inquie tude. Man's condition. Inconstancy, boredom, anxiety.

Stop protesting the hand you've been dealt! Become partners with your life instead of making it an exhausting wrestling match.

I trust that God wouldn't give me more than I can handle. I just wish he didn't have such faith in me.

Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I'm still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better

Not sorry, not calling, not crying All will pass like smoke of white apple trees Seized by the gold of autumn, I will no longer be young.

The deep places in our lives - places of resistance and embrace - are reached only by stories, by images, metaphors and phrases that line out the world differently, apart from our fear and hurt.