The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century.

There have been major disagreements within the European Union.

We must stress that the euro has been beneficial to the European Union because, otherwise, in this context of international turmoil, every country would have to devalue their currencies.

Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

I was a Member of the European Parliament for a period of time and I saw a lot of European laws and treaties.

I tell fundamentalists that there is no question of them attacking our Republic's foundations.

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that.

I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following European issues.

The United States, for a French citizen, is a friend, an ally, to whom we owe, along with most Europeans, our freedom.

You are not The Giver of My Heart’s Desire.” I took a deep breath and smiled. “You are my heart’s desire.

I think I may have a future as a disembodied head.

Without an adequate answer to the question, "Why?" the price is always to high.

How important is excitement to happiness? The key is to get excited about the mundane-- not just extraordinary things

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out how to say things. I'm a little exhausted by the process.

Each lawyer makes somebody unhappy either by beating him, embarrassing him or tying him in knots.

I'm the flavor of the month.

Good-breeding shows itself most where to an ordinary eye it appears the least.

Saw the ghost of Elvis on Union Avenue, followed him up to the gates of Graceland.

Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.