The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I am for secret, dark debates.

I think it's because it shows that people--or hobbits, as the case may be--can find strength they didn't know they had.

Life itself is nothing but relationship.

The code of competence is the only system of morality that's on a gold standard.

I can't learn nothing from listening to me. That's something I already know.

Liberty, whether natural, civil, or political, is the lawful power in the individual to exercise his corresponding rights. It is greatly favored in law.

I shall never use profanity except in discussing house rent and taxes.

Follow your heart and make it your decision.

Live the beauty or your own reality.

I wasn't really qualified to be on Saturday Night Live - I'm not like an impressionist or anything.