I am proud to have been capable of giving people hope again.

Austerity need not be Europe's fate.

Today, Paris is the capital of the world.

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

I don't like indecent, unearned wealth. But it is legitimate for an entrepreneur who has created something to make a good living.

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

There cannot be prosperity without security.

There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would say that in France all beliefs are respected.

Each country has a soul, and France's soul is equality.

My real adversary has no name, no face, no party. It will never be elected, yet it governs - the adversary is the world of finance.

To me, it's important to preserve proximity to the people. I wouldn't do anything pretentious, and nothing that hurts the people who voted for me. Triumphalism isn't my thing.

Technology is everything that doesn’t work yet.

It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages a day; if I'm gonna do 320, that's 160 days.

You usually have to wait for that which is worth waiting for.

But I must admit I miss you terribly. The world is too quiet without you nearby.

I never thought I actually could be an actor. I was always pretty shy and quiet.

Sports is, somehow, a religion.

The rate at which organizations learn may soon become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage.

I've been overweight all my life.

But here's some advice, boy. Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.