You can't always be demanding solidarity from others and then refuse to show it yourself.

Referendums have always posed a threat when it comes to EU policy, because EU policy is complicated. They're an opportunity for those from all political camps who like to oversimplify things.

The EU is an unique project that replaced war with peace, hate with solidarity. Overwhelming emotion for awarding of Nobel prize to EU

For many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.

But if you constantly insist only on your own interpretation, it isn't long before it seems patronizing.

I'm not a populist. But I try to present complicated issues in such a way that people know where I stand.

Before we talk about further accessions, we have to consolidate the European Union internally. People are increasingly losing faith in the EU's effectiveness.

I am a man of parliament, a man of the people. I am not a representative of the executives.

A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.

The problem with us EU politicians is that we approach everything with cool rationality, and then wonder why we don't win people over emotionally.

I believe that the majority of people in Europe want to demonstrate solidarity with the refugees.

We are not strangers in this journey of life…We are connected to each other through this mysterious field of love.

If you witness evil men committing evil deeds and do nothing, what does that make you?

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

I am so proud and so happy to be Filipino.

I take Wellbutrin because I'm afraid to go into stores. I'm afraid people are going to yell at me.

Do less but do better. Get back to yoga. Remember that stress is not progress.

Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and see how you've made the world a better place.

Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.

Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues; tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism.