It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.

We have made major reforms in Greece. When I took over after a landslide victory we had a mandate for change and I knew my major focus would be re-organizing the state.

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro, and I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay within the Eurozone.

Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.

This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

Nobody will buy a half-cooked food!

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

Women often focus more on staying friends, which is as important as climbing the mountain.

As you sift through this very solid-looking body, you have to go only so far before you end up with a handful of nothing.

Praying men are God's agents on earth, the representative of government of Heaven, set to a specific task on the earth.

If you really love someone,' Claudia continued, 'you have to be prepared to accept them as they are. Maybe you hope that one day they get a wake-up call and make the changes for their own reasons.

The oldest [John Kenneth] Galbraith rule is that when you hear that a new era has dawned, you should take cover.

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

Are you hurt?" "Absolutely," I said. "Especially in my everywhere.

I still believe that love is the most powerful force in the world, even though I am yet to experience it fully.