The British people have decided to leave. It is a sad decision but one which I respect. The vote puts the European Union in difficulties. It must recognise its shortfalls.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.

To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.

Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye

hornier than a bunny on ecstasy

I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at.

People come in and out of our lives, and each of them helps form who we are and who we are to become.

I guess that my activities inspire people and that I offer opportunities without realising what is going to happen next.

There is more dynamite in an idea than in many bombs.

Liability does apply with respect to the amount of the oil spill.

The freer the soul, the more abstract painting becomes.

You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs.

A husband should tell his wife everything that he is sure she will find out, and before anyone else does.