Today we're full of liquidity in money. And what you have to do is to convince big money to change the mindset and reinvest in these new activities to accelerate this change and create new jobs.

I thoroughly believe that reading and literature can help a society to better understand itself.

That might sound shocking to some - and don't worry, I don't see myself as a king.

Ambition is never modest. If modesty means to have middling success, then I can only say: I'm not interested.

We will succeed, because we are fully committed, because, wherever we live, whoever we are, we all share the same responsibility: Make our planet great again.

I had decided that I wanted a dog from an animal shelter. Normally, presidents have purebred dogs, but my is a Labrador-griffon mix. Absolutely adorable.

For me, Europe consists of three things: sovereignty, unity and democracy.

I refuse to give into the sad reflex of French envy because this envy paralyzes our country.

My predecessor taxed wealthy, successful people at a higher rate than ever before. And what happened? They left. And what came of it? Did unemployment drop? No.

I have great respect for Angela Merkel, even if we have a lot of differences.

Post-modernism was the worst thing that could have happened to our democracy. The idea that you have to deconstruct and destroy all grand narratives is not a good one.

It was beautiful in a harsh I'm-going-to-gut-you-like-a-fish kind of way.

Even the most powerful woman needs a place to unwind.

You can't make every wrong decision right but you can stop deciding to take another wrong action.

Lampard, as usual, arrived in the nick of time, but it wasn't quite soon enough.

Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.

In some ways, it's my rage that keeps me going.

Get up from that piano. You hurtin' its feelings.

With those who are willing to join, let us cooperate to reduce the burden of arms, to strengthen the structure of peace, to lift up the poor and the hungry.

Every one of us is prone to implicit sexual prejudices, including women.

I dislike wealth and prosperity, especially that of other men.