For investor confidence, it is important that there is certainty about the future of Ireland in E.U.

By the way, the European Union Member States together - even the euro area Member States together - are by far the biggest contributors to the IMF.

Norwegian legislation is more in conformity with the rules of the European Union than most member states.

There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.

In the age of globalization pooled sovereignty means more power, not less.

Decisions taken by the most democratic institutions in the world are very often wrong.

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Climate action is central for the future of our planet.

I have full confidence in the IMF. It is a very strong international institution.

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Governments are not always right.

If we're mad, we're mad in large numbers, at least larger than yours.

Transform, from a fault-finder and blamer to a solution-finder and appreciator.

You can recreate yourself with renewal of your mindset.

Haven't you noticed that opinion without knowledge is always a poor thing? At the best it is blind—isn't anyone who holds a true opinion without understanding like a blind man on the right road?

In not making the decision you've made one. Not doing something is the same as doing it.

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse.

You don’t change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart.

But the heart has a mind of its own and it always gets what it wants, especially when it's dying.

I'm sometimes described as a flamboyant leader and a hip-shooter, a fly-by-the-seat-of-the-pants operator. But if that were true, I could never have been successful in this business.

I have numerous people who have expressed a willingness to be plaintiffs.