Secularism must be applied everywhere, because that is how everyone will be able to live in peace with each other.

France, like other countries, is facing a terror threat that is unprecedented in its nature and magnitude, ... Terrorists are targeting France to divide us.

We must create wealth and we must cut our deficits.

Journalists were killed because they defended freedom. Policemen were killed because they were protecting you. Jews were killed because they were Jewish.

We need French chaplains and imams, French-speaking, who learn French, who love France. And who adhere to its values. And also French financing.

No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.

Life is a service. What you will do lies in your soul.

When your life flashes through your eyes make sure there is enough to see, until then work hard on your ambitions and live life to the fullest.

Fresh is best.

Crude absurdities, trivial nonsense, and sublime truths are equally potent in readying people for self-sacrifice if they are accepted as the sole, eternal truth

I didn't know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.

When God's hand is on thy back, let thy hand be on thy mouth, for though the affliction be sharp it shall be but short.

You write for two people, yourself and your audience, who are usually better educated and at least as smart.

The sound of water says what I think.