I don't know people who don't say 'boy, the government is working better now.'

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.

The theory of karma exists not to bring fear to your heart but to ensure you do not lose hope and give up at the first obstacle that hits your path.

One could speculate that lichens would be among the last inhabitants to succumb on a dying earth at some distant point in the future.

Three months seems to me quite a reasonable time to complete a book, if one can get right down to it.

Until I can visualise what the lyrics are about and see the story or whatever, I can't hear the melody.

The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.

Every good thing great and small needs defense

No one can tell what the future holds, you're backs to the corner, you make the choice of how it goes.

Dürer would have seen a reason for living in a town like this.

The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers

The greatest joy is my lifestyle, where me and my husband and our kids who go to internet school so they have the freedom to travel with me are able to do what we want, when we want, where we want.