Famous Quotes & Sayings

Orhan Pamuk

In Europe the rich are refined enough to act as if they're not wealthy. That is how civilized people behave. If you ask me, being cultured and civilized is not about everyone being free and equal; it's about everyone being refined enough to act as if they were. Then no one has to feel guilty.

Olli Rehn

Europe will get a stable and prosperous Turkey.

Omar Bongo

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.

The truth does not lie with the Human Rights Watch. It lies with Poland, Romania and all the governments in Europe which might have information about these activities.

Natalie Maines

This is our first time back in Europe since the 'incident.

The hope that Germany would be a shining European example for accelerated reforms has been dashed,

Anna Lindh

The important thing is that the EU stick together,

A half-point move by the Fed would push the euro down to new lows.

You've got to put this in context, ... I think they (the critics) would be more worried if the euro had gone up 12 percent instead of fallen 12 percent (from its launch level). We've got everyone trying to manipulate a weaker currency, but when you've actually got one, it's criticized.

Silvio Berlusconi

and patch up relations between the EU and the United States ... which are fundamental to global peace.

The inter-relation of these markets is such that if Europe goes down by the extent it has, the U.S. is going to be affected.

The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European (testing) regime.

The likelihood is that we will have to reintegrate Sweden into the European regime.

The jihadists come from many European countries, Russia included, and some even from the United States; hundreds of them - if you take Europe, Russia and the U.S. - are fighting in the ranks of extremist groups.

James Taylor

I'm glad that I still have the ability to tour in Europe. I do love it.

James Surowiecki

In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

Tony Blair

Of particular importance to us is the recognition... that what we want is a Europe of nations, not a federal super-state.

Simon Jenkins

Without history we are infants. Ask what binds the British Isles more closely to America than to Europe and only history gives a reply. Of all intellectual pursuits, history is the most supremely useful. That is why people crave it and need ever more of it.

Rem Koolhaas

Without a tighter union, Europe will disintegrate

Timothy Radcliffe

Christianity will only make a contribution to the future of Europe if it can prove that people like Sam Harris are wrong and that we can make peace.

Timothy Radcliffe

The key question for the future of Europe is whether these faiths will live together in peace or whether they will tear Europe apart.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We go to Europe to be Americanized.

Laurent Fabius

I am a partisan and artisan of Europe. But I draw the lessons of my experience in government.

Laurent Fabius

The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

Laurent Fabius

We on the left who are pro-European and Internationalist wish to unite the peoples under a social model.

Laurent Fabius

This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish.

Laurent Fabius

But Maastricht was not the end of history. It was a first step towards a Europe of growth, of employment, a social Europe. That was the vision of Francois Mitterrand. We are far from that now.

Laurent Fabius

There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation.

Laurent Fabius

If the US economic landing is soft there will be no consequences (for Europe).

Laurent Fabius

Thanks to the euro, our pockets will soon hold solid evidence of a European identity. We need to build on this, and make the euro more than a currency and Europe more than a territory... In the next six months, we will talk a lot about political union, and rightly so. Political union is inseparable from economic union. Stronger growth and Euorpean integration are related issues. In both areas we will take concrete steps forward.

Theresa May

As we conduct our negotiations it must be a priority to allow British companies to trade with the single market in goods and services but also, to regain more control of the numbers of people who are coming here from Europe.

Segolene Royal

I dont want a Europe that is just a free-trade area attached to NATO. Even less do I want a Europe where its everyone against everyone, and social and fiscal dumping replaces solidarity.

Shimon Peres

We had a lot of support - don't give me "the world", just the televisions. In America we enjoy support,China is neutral, India is for, in Europe they're divided.