I believe that Europe without Britain at the heart will be less reform-driven, less open, less international Europe.

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.

Didn't you read the owner's ma

Quality is the best business plan.

We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.

The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.

I suppose it's a very highly developed form of denial, but some part of me completely denies that I'm a performer.

I love the friendly faces of old sorrows; I have no secrets that they do not know.

My dad was a musician, and that was his first love, and I think probably, to be really honest, it was my first love as well.

I can bounce back from adversity and reinvent my life - it's possible

You're not weak at all. Wounded, but that's nothing to be ashamed of.

I can't destroy things so beautiful." "Time will destroy them if you don't. Time destroys everything. But if you destroy them, it will mean something.