I wouldn't like Greece to stay recession. I do think that everything has to be undertaken to reconnect with growth.

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.

To establish any mode to abolish war, however advantageous it might be to Nations, would be to take from such Government the most lucrative of its branches.

I was an offensive defenseman. I was up the ice as much as I was back.

Technology and violence are interdependent.

I could die in this bed with him right now, wrapped in his arms and I would never know that I had died.

Lucian [of Samosata; 120-190 CE] was trying to make his audience laugh, rather than start a revolution

I've said it in the past and I'll say it again today: the vote is precious; it's almost sacred.

I think a bird is the worst present you can give somebody because it's guilt-ridden. This animal has the gift of flight, and you put it in a cage and watch it not do that until it dies.

I think it's just having the support of our parents. Knowing that they're going to keep you on the right path and guide you.

These soliloquies explain our people's lack of stability You keepin it real, but ain't got a clue what reality really be See the diameter of your knowledge Is the circumference of your activity

Thoughts lead to feelings. Feelings lead to actions. Action leads to results.