It is just not enough to strengthen the secret services for the fight against terrorism but it's also necessary to advance dialogue between cultures.

I will be guided by the Christian ethic and an awareness that human action is by nature transient.

In my view, the humanity of our world can be measured against the fate of Africa.

A few weeks ago we were reminded that other peoples - in particular the United States of America - fought so that we Germans could live in liberty. That we should never forget.

If we know where we want to go, then even a stony road is bearable.

Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic.

Germany's fate is decided first and foremost in Europe. Reconciliation and cooperation in Europe have brought us freedom, peace and prosperity. Who would have dared to believe so much 50 years ago?

Many people seek popularity and want everyone to know their name. It’s not important for everyone to know your name, it’s important that some of the people you know don’t forget your name.

Time cannot be expanded accumulated mortgaged hastened or retarded.

Some people think they are concentrating when they're merely worrying.

I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.

I think that if you idealise someone for so long, they can only disappoint and I wouldn't want to be disappointed by those people.

L.A. is a vortex. The weather there tricks you into thinking you're on vacation, even when you're working fourteen hours a day.

And we have the most scrutinized election system in the United States, and we have met every test.

A too-expected image (cliché) will never seem right, even if it is.

I love America, but I don't like it.

The NT, compared with the Old, is like a farce of one act.