I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.

I am against the death penalty.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.

What she really meant was: here is my heart, have a care.

I put my money in the bank: I have to think of life after modeling, when I'm not famous any more.

I had to develop the mentality and stay positive about making my comeback.

I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.

Why do we pursue information that we know will never leave our heads?

They should make new ways to better design buildings and books. The computer was the end of Swiss typography!

I still have a vivid memory of my excitement when I first saw a chart of the periodic table of elements.

Humanity will live as long as there are humans.

You can't be everything. Nobody is everything. You just do what you do, and you try to do that as well as you can. And if somebody doesn't like it, too bad.