"While power is important, efficiency is critical. Many have worked hard and gone slow."

“My focus is trying to make great music and putting on great shows, and whatever happens beyond that is a bonus to me.”

“I'm a music lover and I hate to hate on any music because people are just doing their best.”

“To elevate the soul, poetry is necessary.”

“Talking from morning to night about sex has helped my skiing, because I talk about movement, about looking good, about taking risks.”

“The coverage [of crimes] is different. It's less angry when white [athletes] are involved, less accusatory, less judgemental. I see that in the pieces that are written and reported. At times it bothers me to the point that I just stop reading...just stop.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com

“Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.”

“The duty of a good Cuisinier is to transmit to the next generation everything he has learned and experienced.”

“If living in France bothers some people, they should feel free to leave the country.”

Source : UMP meeting, April 22, 2007.