Myopia, in more than ninety-five percent of cases, begins between five and ten years of age. It increases largely because the myopic eye is given a minus lens.

Europe should stick to an open economy, to competition and we should refuse protectionism. It will not save one single job in the long run to protect non-competitive industries.

Business as usual is dead. Green growth is the answer to both our climate and economic problems

That's what it's like when people have crawled very high up in a tree, then they sometimes need help to get down with ladders and ropes and other instruments.

The good thing is that all the symbolic elements are gone, and that which really matters - the core - is left.

I welcome the signing by the presidential candidates Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani of an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity in Afghanistan.

Nato allies have been looking at various missile-defence options for some time. Nato itself is developing protections for our deployed troops.

Russia should recognize the freedom of countries, such as Ukraine, to choose their alliances.

I am happy to announce that we have reached an agreement on the question of transit between the Kaliningrad region and the rest of the Russian Federation.

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the Nato allies and Russia.

Our thoughts and feelings make us whereas love and beauty sustain us.

The space between between breaths is measured in moments. But the space between Truths..? Lifetimes.

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.

To make peace, it is necessary to know how to make war.

I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp...

Knowledge without wisdom is adequate for the powerful, but wisdom is essential to the survival of the subordinate

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.