Donald Trump is in a partisan election, so he views the role differently than Mitch Landrieu and I who are are trying to lead our cities in a bipartisan or nonpartisan manner.

We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working.

We had a branding problem. We have allowed ourselves to be branded by our tragedies. If you said 'Oklahoma City,' chances are the next word out of your mouth was 'bombing.'

It is not OK for anyone to be obese. There needs to be a cultural shift.

When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.

Jobs follow people. People don't follow jobs.

The spoiled superstar brat wouldn't get far in Oklahoma City. We're very value-conscious. Our city was settled in a land run. Those 10,000 people were desperate for a better life.

If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed.

People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

People look for their leadership to lead.

I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them.

Your weakest version and highest self both live within you. Yes they do.

I'm a fan of James Frain's work, especially in 'True Blood.' He was so awesome in that show.

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.

Life is war, and marriage provides us with a close and intimate ally with whom we may wage this war. The battle requires bold love, forgiveness, confrontation, and repentance.

The running backs are the strengths of their football team. They have quality players who can do a number of things for their team.

I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

...the Church is the merciless heart of the State.

In the beginning was simplicity.

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'.