I love Madrid. I am happy to be here. I have been here three years and hope to be here longer. But I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with.

When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.

When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.

So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.

You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want.

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots.

What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

He who never made a mistake, never made a discovery.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

Purity of heart is to will one thing.

All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be some place else.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.