I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I am for secret, dark debates.

It's important to recognize that we in Europe will either succeed together or fail together.

Well, if you can't have what you want, you could try to want what you have.

On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon.

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.

Honestly, after about three years on a show, you're like, 'Thank you very much for giving me a step up. Now can I go do movies?'

God makes many poets, but he only gives utterance to a few.

He made a lousy passenger, barking instructions I ignored

Don't give in to all the cliques and popularity. It means nothing. I know super popular guys, and guess what? They're just normal people, too.

As far as world war goes, there are really only two possibilities: either war provokes revolution, or revolution averts war.

The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone, that never mused on sorrow but its own.

Go away, you give philosophy nothing to catch hold of.