Sustainable development and climate change are two sides of the same coin

Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth – these are one and the same fight.

Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family

We hold the future in our hands, together, we must ensure that our grandchildren will not have to ask why we failed to do the right thing, and let them suffer the consequences.

You have to take ownership and leadership of tomorrow. For that to be possible, you have to strengthen your capacity and widen your vision as a global citizen.

The longer we delay, the more we will pay.

Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity.

Planet Earth is our shared island, let us join forces to protect it

The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded.

Nothing is more shameful than attacking sleeping children.

Every literate woman is a victory over poverty

To be enlightened is to know oneself and not run away.

There is not shortage of fault to be found amidst our stars.

Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.

I initially studied literature [in France], and then I went to cinema school. I discovered the Cinematheque, and saw not only action movies and westerns, but also lots of serious movies.

The best way to get even is to forget.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

After a brief period in which I had let many a Southern Californian convince me that it was all 'in my mind,' I am once again officially allergic to dogs.

People tend to take stories literally these days.

The fear for a network is the viewer gets tired of you. Not that you lost any credibility, but they get tired of you.

One of the hardest labours of the just man is to expunge from his soul a malevolence which it is difficult to efface.