There is no reason for anybody to have an assault weapon.

I'm never surprised by the insensitivity of 'The New York Times' editorial board.

I was born a limited-government person. I've always had this streak going through me.

I still am a virulent anti-communist. It is a bad system, an immoral system, and one that takes away the rights of people and the rights of individuals. And everywhere it's gone, it's failed.

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.

Government should steer, not row.

I was the first one in my family to go to college.

I was born here in the city, born in the Bronx. Son of a cop. One grandfather was a taxi driver; the other was a firefighter. New York is in my DNA.

Government is to point you in the right direction, and not to do everything for you.

My favorite is always the book that I'm currently reading.

My earliest memories are of my father explaining to me the American Dream and how he expected me to do better than he did.

The divinity you seek is born with you.

Your partner is your deepest mirror: do not expect them to change. Healing yourself, you heal your relationship.

With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I love liberty.

I mean, he was something that happened to me, you know? But before he was this minor figure in the drama of my life he was - you know, the central figure in the drama of his own life.

There are two kinds of talents man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent you just touch it up once in a while.

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes.

For me there ain't no high heel high enough!

Everybody wants to make something they think is a surefire winner, though nobody knows what a surefire winner is, in my opinion.

Trust me, there is no formula for most things that are not math.

The whole issue of how women's management styles are viewed is an incredibly interesting subject.