Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens us and it weakens Britain.

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.

For any scientist the real challenge is not to stay within the secure garden of the known but to venture out into the wilds of the unknown.

First, accept sadness. Realize that without losing, winning isn't so great.

We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing

Filmmaking is such a collaborative medium.

I have said publicly no option should be off the table, but I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.

I've been in California for about 15 years now. You're always in your car and insulated. I miss New York so much.

If you are convinced of a matter, you must take sides or you don't deserve to succeed.

I myself have 12 hats and each one represents a different personality. Why just be yourself.

The only way to stay in fashion is never be in. If you are never in fashion, you are never out of fashion.

When I was 12 I cried to my mom, because I never got my letter to Hogwarts.