Mardi Gras is the love of life. It is the harmonic convergence of our food, our music, our creativity, our eccentricity, our neighborhoods, and our joy of living. All at once.

It is impossible to capture the essence, tolerance, and spirit of south Louisiana in words.

If there was no New Orleans, America would just be a bunch of free people dying of boredom." -Judy Deck in an e-mail sent to Chris Rose

The longer you live in New Orleans, the more unfit you become to live anywhere else.

we dance even if there's no radio. we drink at funerals. we talk too much & laugh too loud & live too large, and, frankly, we're suspicious of others who don't.

A New Orleans credo: When life gives you lemons--make daiquiris.

To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default.

...as bad as it is here, it's better than being somewhere else." -Chris Rose, regarding life in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Time is running out for the climate

If you cannot improve upon the silence, do not speak.

Everybody here has a story. New Orleans was always a place where people talked too much even if they had nothing to say. Now everyone's got something to say.

You cannot receive a shock unless you have an electric affinity for that which shocks you.

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.

It's almost worth retiring just so I can speak to you.

This is a core principle of my presidency - if you threaten America, you will find no safe haven.

An American presidential campaign resembles a forced march through enemy country.

Someone might say that's a naïve way of looking at things now, and I would respect their opinion, but I also respect every woman's right to wearing her own individual style, including hair.

When you understand how the mind-brain functions together, you know that faith, which is believing before seeing, is the natural process of creation.

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."

You have to know who you are, if you don't you have nightmares.

I suppose I could've done a job. I haven't been doing any work. I'm not really used to doing quick jobs and then stopping, but I'm sure it would be possible.