I think it's really important to realize that small businesses are often the portal for immigrants into the New York City economy.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

The best thing to know is what you don't know.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

As a remedy to life in society I would suggest the big city. Nowadays, it is the only desert within our means.

Being a teen is past for me. Worrying about the world and my place in it is not.

Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters...You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.

Success means using your knowledge and experience to satisfy yourself. Significance means using your knowledge and experience to change the lives of others.

Don't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment.

I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.

That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.

If only I had discipline, but alas, it is only an obsessive-compulsive trait and the beauty of habit that causes me to return again and again to my work.

The best thing about baseball is that you can do something about yesterday tomorrow.