I don't believe a Brexit will hurt the City of London as one of the largest financial centers in the world.

We will compromise and compromise and compromise but we will never be compromised.

If the British think they can simply detach from the continent and sail towards the USA or China, then they are mistaken.

Fences and borders are a sign of weakness.

Every sensible banker understands that Greece should not have received any more money: a bankrupt state that can never be expected to repay loans is not a good debtor.

I'm the finance minister of a bankrupt country!

Anyone who toys with the idea of cutting off bits of the eurozone hoping the rest will survive is playing with fire.

Nothing is more boring than talking to people who share my opinion anyway.

The many refugees are not a Greek or German problem. They are a European problem. We should therefore develop a common strategy. That's why I am launching a cross-border movement for more democracy.

The economic crisis has weakened the EU for years.

Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone.Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

She hates her heart, that misguided organ in her chest. Why didn't it warn her?

Listen more to the one who criticizes you and less to the one who praises you. Learn from them and do something about it.

Once established, reputations do not easily change.

The only thing that I'm obsessed with is sleeping, and actually, it is more than an obsession, it is a pleasure.

The only truly secure system is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards.

Harshness is for the good of a boy, soft-heartedness will ruin him.

Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across. - Jonah Griggs

I think Miami is such a beautiful, sexy, gorgeous place. I love the people there.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.