One bipartisan policy tradition is to deny Americans the use of our own resources.

The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it.

Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.

I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.

I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.

The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.

I am a Yankees fan. I should say - have been to more Yankees games than Mets games.

I refuse to do anything that would help Republicans win a Senate seat in New York, and give the Senate majority to the Republicans.

If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify.

To say that I am pro life is just wrong. I am personally pro-choice and legislatively pro-choice.

Some say I was disappointed when President Obama won, and that is absolute nonsense.

The sh*t's gonna splatter, start buggin, yo..."Mencheres to Cat

Since the beginning, the Fates determined which souls would be born, what kinds of lives they would live, and for how many days. They did this out of duty, out of destiny, and without emotion.

Understanding is the other name of love. If you don’t understand, you can’t love.

If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

Life is magical. There is something wonderful in being alive, in having within one's self all sorts of possibilities.

The sooner you go down any path, the sooner you'll know what action to take.

Being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

I wouldn't eat a chicken if it dropped dead in front of me holding up a sign that said, Eat Me.

I think that you can love people without it being the great love.