Growth in any individual European country has to be the result of policies for growth pursued in that country consistent with budgetary discipline.

I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US.

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.

I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a contamination.

It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

When truthsayers have the courage to say the emperor is wearing no clothes, whether you agree with their point of view or not, send them love. They are to be acknowledged for speaking their truth.

The wait is long, my dream of you does not end.

Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too.

When a living system is suffering from ill health, the remedy is found by connecting with more of itself.

Keep one thing in view forever- the truth; and if you do this, though it may seem to lead you away from the opinion of men, it will assuredly conduct you to the throne of God.

Hair, in fact, is probably the bane of most women's lives.

Sound and sound design has always been very important to my approach to film, because it is a more subversive and allusive aspect of the medium.

These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned.

Mrs. O' Leary is my pet. I couldn't let you stick a sword in her rump, now, could I? That might've scared her.

Sin is the result of deep and unmet needs.