Growth based on debt is unsustainable, artificial.

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.

I'm Scottish first, and it's odd to hear that I'm a Scottish-American.

Poetry is the ultimate democracy.

Ever since I could remember anything, flowers have been like dear friends to me, comforters, inspirers, powers to uplift and to cheer.

Don't worry about failure; you only have to be right once.

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

there is something dangerous about mirrors. ... What dynamite we handle when we lift a mirror or bend towards one! I seldom do.

I tour as many countries as possible, and I've toured every state in America, plus every province in Canada.

People say life begins at conception, I say life began about a billion years ago and it's a continuous process.

The artist is a spectator, indifferent or impassioned, at the birth of his work, and observes the phases of its development.

I have a lot of growing up to do. I realized that the other day inside my fort.