Valery Giscard d'Estaing quotes

You can't build a society purely on interests, you need a sense of belonging.
-- Valery Giscard d'Estaing

#Needs #Interest #Belonging

Public opinion will be led to adopt, without knowing it, the proposals that we dare not present to them directly [...] All the earlier proposals will be in the new text, but will be hidden and disguised in some way.
-- Valery Giscard d'Estaing

#Knowing #Public Opinion #Way

Let’s be clear about this. The rejection of the constitution was a mistake that will have to be corrected.
-- Valery Giscard d'Estaing

#Mistake #Rejection #Constitution

We have sown a seed... Instead of a half-formed Europe, we have a Europe with a legal entity, with a single currency, common justice, a Europe which is about to have its own defence.
-- Valery Giscard d'Estaing

#Europe #Justice #Half

For though we often need to be restored to the small, concrete, limited, and certain, we as often need to be reminded of the large, vague, unlimited, unknown

Remember you love writing.  It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t.  If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back,

Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and ­irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes.

You know, Democratic and Republican administrations alike have supported individuals and regimes that have slaughtered millions across the globe. And they need to be held accountable for that.

He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest.

Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.

I think a lot of food shows, especially when we started 'Good Eats' back in the late '90s, they were still really about food. 'Good Eats' isn't about food, it's about entertainment. If, however, we can virally infect you with knowledge or interest, then all the better.

I don't know that I've ever been someone who's interested in existing on tour. I have a lot of interests and a lot of other things that excite me.

A sense of belonging is not physical. We cant find it by changing where we live or what we do. We have to carry it within us

In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.