Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup.

Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are.

We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe.

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world.

The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework.

Slowly but surely, we are decreasing unemployment and we are restoring confidence to the future of the Greek economy.

The Greek people not only relate to the ancient traditions, they have fought, they have shed blood, until recently, to defend the values of democracy and freedom.

It is our duty to make a leap into the future, and I believe that we will make it.

I have always taken measures to fight corruption, to attract investment, to create a better context for investment in Greece.

Barack Obama is a president who, when he had to deal with the 2008 economic crisis, has led the American economy on a completely different path than the one that Europe has chosen eight years later.

I will continue to decisively promote reforms that will promote growth, and at the same time, I will continue to negotiate hard in order to avoid any reforms that would undermine growth.

We remained talking, fighting gently or viciously for what seemed like hours, but it was only minutes or perhaps a second, because it was only a dream.

I think our natural disposition as humans is to plod along until we get old and stop. But with social media, we've created a stage for constant artificial high drama.

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

I've been singing all my life. I've always wanted this. I sang in church, in school plays, and my parents gave me vocal lessons. My parents always said this was destined for me.

A lot of people from the press want to talk to me, but they never do.

If you don't believe you can make every putt, why bother trying?

During periods of relaxation after concentrated intellectual activity, the intuitive mind seems to take over and can produce the sudden clarifying insights which give so much joy and delight.

I try to dumb down out there. They tell you to stay within yourself, so that's what I do. Mentally, I'm not gonna out-think myself too often.

First you have to have a dream.

Whoever the master is whom you prefer, this must only be a directive for you. Otherwise you will never be anything but an imitator.