I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.

Of all the things I wish for her, above all, I want her to know and love the sea.

We have always felt the sympathy of the world, but we would prefer the respect of the world to sympathy without respect.

I want to produce with people that are going to be on the charts and win Grammys because having regular old street songs is cool, but I did all that already.

I love you as much as you love me... So if you hate me, it works out perfectly.

Your character is your destiny.

Dylan Nice's Other Kinds is the most extraordinary short-story-col lection debut I have read in years. It is a book to be memorized.

With one out in the first, Dave Roberts looks a lot better than the last time he pitched against the Padres!

Arnie has more people watching him park the car than we do out on the course.

My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore.

It takes a lot of guts to stop measuring things that are measurable, and even more guts to create things that don't measure well by conventional means.