This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments.

...within ten years 80% of our economic legislation, perhaps even fiscal and social as well' would come from the EU.

We will have to create an avant-garde.... We could have a Union for the enlarged Europe, and a Federation for the avant-garde.

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

The European model is, first, a social and economic system founded on the role of the market, for no computer in the world can process information better than the market.

The unions may continue to decline, but if they do, it'll be their fault.

I cannot resign myself to the decline of Europe, and of France.

For me, socialism has always been about liberty and solidarity, but also about responsibility.

Cinema explains American society. It's like a Western, with good guys and bad guys, where the weak don't have a place.

The driving force behind the liberal counter-offensive in Europe has been a reaction against irresponsibility.

Therefore one should speak at the same time of national citizenship and wider European citizenship.

Love is beautiful, yet the worst of crimes are committed in the name of love. So when someone claims to love you, you should question their intent.

Actually, as a Muslim, we believe sovereignty and supremacy belongs to God. And therefore, we believe in submitting to the commands of God.

I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, then together, that's much better.

If you want to hear God laugh, tell Him your plans.

Maybe it was me," Grandma said."Sometimes they sneak out.Did I fart?

Someone who works only for the money will give you trouble one day because of money.

I always begin with a character or characters, and then try to think up as much action for them as possible.

I’m the youngest in my family and everyone is very funny, and I was always trying to keep up with them. I just loved making people laugh.

Sightseeing was ... based on imaginative invention, like rehearsing your own play in stage sets from which all the actors had fled.

An SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.