Our future begins on January 1 1999. The euro is Europe's key to the 21st century. The era of solo national fiscal and economic policy is over.

We made a decision that monetary policy will be made by an independent European Central Bank.

We must take care that globalization does not become something people become afraid of.

There's no conflict between the social-welfare state and open markets.

The euro is a sickly premature infant, the result of an over-hasty monetary union.

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

Take the military option off the table - we have already seen it doesn't work.

Any degree of unemployment worries me.

We want to change the way we help unemployed people find jobs. We want to be faster and more goal oriented.

We really believe our national interests are identical with European interests.

A market that's as open as possible is the precondition for a successful economy, and a successful economy is the precondition to being able to pay for social security.

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness, for it is usually returned.

If you love people, you'll enjoy your life. If you don't, you won't love anything you do.

A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society.

Women and rhythm-section first!?

God uses people who fail - Cause there aren't any other kind around.

A man, when he wishes, is the master of his fate.

It is a lifelong choice to deliberately and habitually bring ourselves under God’s authority.

Yes, sampling has changed not just my way of playing and composing.

I teach myself archaeology, I teach myself Spanish, and that's because it can be fun, it can be useful. So I keep studying. I read books because I still want to study. I don't want to stop.

I'm really bad at being nonviolent.