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

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.

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.

I believe the people should have the opportunity to have a greater influence on politics with their ideas. We need a new impulse for renewal.

Whatever it means to be a Christian, it at least involves the discovery of friends you did not know you had.

I have come to see the nonsense of trying to describe fine scenery.

For when success a lover's toil attends, Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends

The only limitations are mental. The guy who thinks positively will win.

True disruption means threatening your existing product line and your past investments. Breakthrough products disrupt current lines of businesses.

As you craft a plan to expand to adjacent markets, don't disrupt: Avoid competition as much as possible.

Any victory would be dear at such a price.

The worlds of thought and action overlap. What you think has a way of becoming true.

It's good Xerox is known for its copying machines, and it's good Jim Carrey is known for comedy.

Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice.