In the area of macroeconomic policies, I think we'll see more centralization, like in the budgetary sphere.

I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US.

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

If the euro becomes a factor promoting Europe's drifting apart, then the foundation of the European project is destroyed.

There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed.

My aspiration is not to be loved. It is that my government be respected and credible.

I am certain that most Germans have instinctive liking for Italy, just as Italians admire Germans for their many qualities.

I know that speaking with parties, which I do, but not very often, is seen by many as a contamination.

It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

I believe that in Europe, we have a collective leadership.

I believe that reforms will not really take hold if they do not gradually come into the culture of the people.

...chuck-full of error, masturbation and Jesus.

Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by.

Literary criticism has about it neither rigour nor proof. Where it is honest, it is passionate, private experience seeking to persuade.

I don't think the riots derailed the civil rights movement.

Anxiety and gratitude cant live in the same head

My whole body is a lethal weapon, you know. I know more ways to kill you than you know how to die.

The fundamental premise is that neither the United States or the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon.

If you're a gifted flirt, talking about the price of eggs will do as well as any other subject.

Spiritual progress is when on becomes free not only of the knowledge which is inevitably from the past, but also from the need to know... and a desire to predict and control.

I used to be a rabid reader, but now it's scripts or nothing - network television is quite relentless, and you can't drop the ball.