I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.

I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.

I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.

Im not interested in the limelight.

Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.

Don’t rush

It is peculiar to “ressentiment criticism” that it does not seriously desire that its demands be fulfilled. It does not want to cure the evil. The evil is merely the pretext for the criticism.

Essentially, there's no scientific evidence whatsoever that could ever be presented to me that would wipe out my fundamental spiritual beliefs.

We are assumed to be rather hopeless - swallowed up by incorrect notions, divorced from the original genius with which we are born, lost within days of living this distracting life.

Any company trying to compete...must figure out a way to engage the mind of every employee.

Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen.

If you have a good idea, open your mouth and say something else.

The third principle is that any philosophic knowledge is only valuable if it is true or if it works.

I'm a Capricorn, and they flower late.

Looks do count. Deliver visually stunning merchandising. Engage at the point of sale. Help consumers shop with their eyes.