"There is no magic person out there, no perfect human being out there waiting for you."

“I ain't good-lookin', but I'm somebody's angel child.”

Source : Song: Reckless Blues

“The problem is, if at all, in the different view of the economy, of economic growth. Growth is too low, even for us. That needs to change: More investments, a stronger role by the European Central Bank. Otherwise, there are no tensions between Italy and Germany. But on this point, compromises must be reached and we will reach them.”

“Inclination snatches arguments To make indulgence seem judicious choice.”

“I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.”

“On my days off I pick up our chicken's eggs. My wife and I have five chickens called The Spice Girls. Five lovely chicks. And no, we won't be eating any of them for Christmas dinner.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk

“Take what's useful, leave out what's useless, and add a bit of yourself!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“There was no simple riddance to the power of a dangerous political idea; no assassination possible to avert a disruptive change in technology; no natural death to be counted on to stop an economic change that ripped up ancestral estates or stirred up class discontent.”

Source : "The Future As History". Book by Robert Heilbroner, Chapter I, Part 6, The Inevitability of Progress, p. 31, 1960.

“I was no hero. The dearest wishes of my heart were for safety and tranquility. The world was a perilous place, wrong for the likes of me.”