"There has at least been a serious effort on the Turkish side to prevent people from setting off for Europe. Recently, only about 100 people have been arriving in Greece per day. Last year, it was several thousand daily at times. This effort can, however, also very quickly dwindle."

“I may … surprise you - but I shall not deceive you.”

“People in Parliament occupy themselves with private animosities and petty quarrels, and think little of the national interest. It is impossible to credit the serene indifference with which they consider events outside their own country.”

“Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different place, and being 8 or 9 degrees hotter on average.”

“A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift.”

“Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters.”

Source : Source: slushpile.net

“In catholisism we have an entire religion based on a woman who really stuck to her story”

“We are not governed by armies or police, but by ideas.”

“I've got to tell you, I've got 99 problems, and palsy is just one.”

Source : "I got 99 problems... palsy is just one". TEDWomen Talk, www.ted.com. December 2013.