Everyone felt comfortable with these guys and what their vision was, and when they said they want to keep the staff intact, that was very encouraging.

If you have a deep-seated need to be loved and admired every day, you shouldn't be in politics. You should go work at a pet store.

[...] the only folks who kill black folks any more are black folks. [...] black folks kill more black folks than the KKK ever did.

Take your patience pill ...You can be joyous, but you can't be a jackass.

We need to ban assault weapons. We need to ban the high-capacity clips and magazines. We need serious background information, system upgrade.

Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

I didn't run for mayor to be the caretaker of the status quo.

Philadelphia, the foundation of freedom, liberty and democracy, I still believe in the idea of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Whether it's on the streets of Philadelphia or New York or Chicago or Atlanta or in a classroom in Newtown, Connecticut, people want to be safe.

There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.

I'm a big supporter of the Second Amendment. But I think I have a First Amendment right not to be shot.

sometimes i am not sure.if i am writing the poemor the poemis writing me.

Long has been this road called life. Every time you venture out in this road, remember. Home is within. Home is in you.

There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That's how far away they live from themselves

A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.

Beauty is no local deity, like the Greek and Roman gods, but omnipresent.

Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

Old rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created.

Today they're making pictures that I wouldn't want Trigger to see.

There is no road to success but through a clear strong purpose. Nothing can take its place. A purpose underlies character, culture, position, attainment of every part.