Sovereignty must be redefined if states are to cope with globalisation.

States would be wise to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves.

Globalisation thus implies that sovereignty...needs to become weaker.

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

The upper hand is with those who are pushing regime change rather than those who are advocating more diplomacy.

Television was our chief tool in selling our policy.

Shockingly enough, what people say during campaigns is meant to increase the odds they get elected.

You cannot be effective if those who work for you are not. So building their effectiveness ought to be a priority.

End is the end of your thinking and reasoning. End is not the end of endings.

To see your inner-self, close your eyes and feel.

This is how we bring about our own damnation, you know-by ignoring the voice that begs us to stop. To stop while there's still time.

When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is the reputation of the business that remains intact.

I want to keep my fan base supplied with a steady chain of music.

Okay, using the dreaded middle name is not the best way to forge a bond.

I collect books, primarily first-edition 20th-century fiction.

Hypocrisy is great fodder for comedy.

We are all human beings. As such, we are part of a big family: the human family. The pain of any human being will somehow affect the entire family.

Every man is the hero of his own song.