We are pleased with the very positive reception our offer has received, and are confident that progress is being made towards establishing the regulatory framework for the offer.

At the end of the day you have to keep emotions away.

Always think outside the box and embrace opportunities that appear, wherever they might be.

Its not always you get to hit the iron when it is hot. I believe in hitting it so hard, that it gets hot.

Hard work certainly goes a long way. These days a lot of people work hard, so you have to make sure you work even harder and really dedicate yourself to what you are doing and setting out to achieve.

Everyone experiences tough times, it is a measure of your determination and dedication how you deal with them and how you can come through them.

This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.

The danger, though - and there have been signs of this recently - is that Europe begins to demonstrate a return to more nationalist sentiment. To my mind, that would be a great mistake.

When people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them.

I am very confident that we will be able to convince all the stakeholders - the shareholders, the governments and the employees, that this is in their best interests.

It is a high for me. It is my biggest and most satisfying deal.

It's no such thing! she said. It's friendship! And if you're a man who can't tell friendship from charity, then you're to be pitied!

Tell any grizzled old cutthroat a sob story about a double-cross and a broken heart and he'll eat right out of your hand.

The fear of your own solitude, of its vast surface and its infinity… Remorse is the voice of solitude. And what does this whispering voice say? Everything in us that is not human anymore.

We easily forget crimes that are known to none but ourselves.

We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

Far too often animals are put to sleep when they could be saved through proper care and nursing.

It's difficult to love someone you don't respect, which is hard to remember when you're having an argument.

Study, therefore, to withdraw the love of your soul from all things that are visible, and turn it to things that are invisible.

I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.

It's class warfare, my class is winning, but they shouldn't be.