I'm not deaf and the Commission isn't operating in a parallel world of legal texts.

When the going gets tough, you have to lie.

When it becomes serious, you have to lie.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset.

Decisions can only be reached in Europe if France and Germany agree.

It is not acceptable that European Union countries are divided into those who give and those who take.

I am chilled by the realization of how similar circumstances in Europe in 2013 are to those of 100 years ago.

It is not more Europe or less Europe that we need. We need a better Europe.

I am for secret, dark debates.

We are all actors, set on the stage of the world, as the curtains open we put on our best performance to this audience of life.

Life should be dealt with in small bites, large gulps will choke you.

The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

The yearbook voted me most likely to be scraped off an onramp by a puking fireman.

Life is simply what out feelings do to us.

I create for each individual woman to reflect her definite sense of personal style and unique beauty

Nobody is as smart as everybody.

Becoming a father has definitely heightened my discomfort with uncertainty. I want to be able to say, I know what will happen, when, why. But most of the time, we just don't know.

A points-based system like Australia has zero Islamic racial immigration.

Be rather bountiful, than expensive.