There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.

I am against the death penalty.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality.

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman's right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

I was not one man only but the steady advance hour after hour of an army in close formation, in which there appeared, according to the moment, impassioned men, indifferent men, jealous men.

Strong people are those who have been broken so many times, lost many people in life but still have love to give and strength to trust again.

Until the day of his death, no man can be sure of his courage.

Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry

I like my computer. But I don't know how to use it as well as the 10-year-old daughter.

When I went to college, my parents threw a going away party for me, according to the letter.

You would think that Freddy Couples-Nick Price would be the team to beat, but I'll tell you in skins, it's a matter of just hitting it at the right time.

The only way to avoid age discrimination in Hollywood is to die young.

All books will become light in proportion as you find light in them.

The best comedy is always played straight down the middle.