In the days before the vote, I bet that the British would stay in the EU.

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.

Your imaginations are not beyond creation, only God's imaginations exceeds all creation.

If I offer you the moon on a string, will you give me a kiss, too?" - Lucien Vanserra

To his dog every man is Napoleon hence the constant popularity of dogs.

Stories are not about ideas, gimmicks, or places. Stories are about people. People are about feelings!

Just because you're wearing a goofy hat doesn't make it performance art.

My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me

People can put you down, and they will but Allah will never abandon you, so long as you don’t.

A little rebellion is a good thing.

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too.

Usually it is the stereotyped shape assumed by an event at an obvious place that uncovers the run of the news.