We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.

If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.

The Bible is the only Book in the world that predicts the future. The Bible is more modern than tomorrow morning’s newspaper.

When I was achild my worldwasn’t blackand white, it was grey, until I gotbeat upenough timesto realizemy skin wasbeige, anddifferent

Boredom looms over the liveliest lessons, seeking to destroy.

I love cooking during Christmas, all smells like the hot apple cider, the hot spiced wine.

Everybody that I've ever seen that enjoyed their job was very good at it.

It's always an honor and a scary experience to sing new music.

To me, Toronto is a good party city, I think Vancouver has the best smoke, you know. And then, Montreal has the best..uh..Chinese food?

I wish I would have kept the big picture in my mind at all times - what it most important? That my kids seek to please God and learn about their Creator.

To create is always to learn, to begin over, to begin at zero.