I'm not suffering from withdrawal symptoms. I would say that I have a balanced state of mind.

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.

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

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

I am for secret, dark debates.

Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life.

Media over here, coming to ya like a world premiere. Trench coat and my underwear, let's go with this freak show.

Better to be at the bottom of a ladder you want to climb than in the middle of some ladder you don’t, right?

I love children, love spending time with them; I love getting things for them.

If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction?

If we fail to encourage physical development and prowess, we will undermine our capcity for thought, for work, and for use of those skills vital to an expanding and complex America.

New level, New devil.

Leaders are never appreciated or needed until you don't have them.

I'm always thinking if I'm not doing something to get ahead in life, someone else is doing it.

...I am much better now at ambiguities.