I lived through crises. September 11 is obviously the biggest one that I've lived through.

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified.

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one.

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

We had no domestic attacks under Bush.

Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.

When dreams become words to share with others - amazing things can happen.

Truth in the human world, is constructed, defined and then reconstructed by the human self.

Your reasons for not loving me just make me love you more.

‘Foo Kyu’ is just a very unfortunate cultural coincidence.""Just think about his poor son, ‘Foo Kyu Two.’

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

I look at Van Halen as social workers. What we're really doing is creating jobs for rock critics.

Vade Mecum I want the scissors to be sharp and the table perfectly level when you cut me out of my life and paste me in that book you always carry.

It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people.

Life is what you make of it, unless you have tourette's, in which case much becomes involuntary.

Debt and revolution are inseparable as cause and effect.