Donald Trump's message to people is that he's a disruptive force that can descend into Washington as a nonpolitician and try to change some of the morass that happens in Washington.

There's symbolism in politics. There's communication in politics. And I think what Donald Trump is saying is, give me the job, and when I get to that job I will figure it out.

Ed Koch had the best line: if you agree with me nine out of twelve times, you should vote for me. If you agree with me twelve out of twelve times, you should find a psychiatrist.

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

You have to take calculated risks in life.

Left-leaning policies - I'm 52 years old, I've been to Cuba, I've been to dysfunctional state oriented places - left-leaning policies fail the lower and middle classes.

As you know from the Italian expression, the fish stinks from the head down. What I can tell you two fish that don't stink, okay, and that's me and the President.

The lifeblood of the economy is that the banking community is a circulatory system for American capitalism.

Today, the message is that we have to help the middle class and the aspirational worker in the United States.

I don't think I need to be an apologist for working hard and being a very large taxpayer.

I think self-esteem comes from work.

Dogma gives a charter to mistake, but the very breath of science is a contest with mistake, and must keep the conscience alive.

I cannot quit your love without dying.

A strong ant is better than a weak lion.

Christianity may be OK between consenting adults in private but should not be taught to young children.

We think that the Kyoto protocol is a necessary document, necessary process. I am convinced that we will agree to disagree about substance.

The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.

I didn't grow up with my dad, so it was always very funny to me, and always has been, what an important part DNA plays in one's life.

When I was young I knew I was deaf. I couldn't accept it.

To be the people of God without regeneration, is as impossible as to be the children of men without generation.