Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

I look for the consensus because the consensus drives the policy into new places.

I am proud of the fact that women have been recognised as being as capable, as able to do the senior jobs in Europe as any man.

In the EU you have half a billion people who share a common belief in democracy, in rights, in the kind of economic life we want.

Im not interested in the limelight.

I was the first woman British commissioner, the first woman trade commissioner, so I am also proud to be the first woman High Representative.

Judge me on what I do and I think you will be pleased and proud of me.

Confidence is not arrogance.

First rule to be a photographer, you have to be invisible.

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things... it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface.

Anywhere you can take Jesus Christ with you is all right to go.

I think there are opportunities for women in comedies - how zany is up to them.

My mother only said: Thank God the scorpion picked on me and spared my children.

I have no rules and no methods... no secrets.

I love the morning time - a cup of coffee and to sit at the piano, that's probably my favorite time.

Woman is a temple built over a sewer.