The markets don't like instability and they don't like uncertainty.

They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict.

I'm a fighter, not a quitter.

We are intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich.

We've got to demonstrate why European unity and integration, our vast single market, our single currency, equip us with the strength to embrace globalization.

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

I do not share the half-in, half-out attitude to the EU of some in Britain. Britain's place is in Europe.

Essentially we need a new social consensus for economic reform as New Labour has achieved in Britain.

Europe has to address people's needs directly and reflect their priorities, not our own preoccupations.

Firstly, people take for granted that the E.U. has created the biggest economic space in the world.

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.

A good friend is someone who can love you like a dog and talk to you like a human.

All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil.

Eagles commonly fly alone. They are crows, daws, and starlings that flock together.

When billionaire car dealers or manufacturers pay for ambassadorships, at least they pay with money earned by selling something of value.

Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.

I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'

The economy of the future might be called the "spaceman economy," in which the earth has become a single spaceship, without unlimited reservoirs of anything.

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.

Actually, I think what is being shown as beauty in fashion magazines right now has become particularly ugly. This kind of straight, blonde very conservative.

And now we welcome the new year, full of things that have never been