The person who is ahead in the end will have the advantage.

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.

Pain was a fascinating horror

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.

I am disappointed to find myself accused in some papers of supplying the offending sweets, particularly as I am a fruit pastille man.

Sure, I know that I cannot speak in proper English. I know that I can't sing in proper English. I don't care.

If I were to imagine myself as an idler wheel inside some big mix of gears, then I would be connected to everything. It's not like there's just me and then nothing.

It takes just as little time to see the positive side of life as it does the negative side.

I love to race the best people in the world and the fastest people in the world.

Bankers are just like everybody else, except richer.

I started playing guitar before I can really remember, and I started writing really early, too.

I find anger to be funny. I find people that are so wrapped up in their own personalities to be funny, and lost. Like myself in real life.