Joe Quotes

This idea of tying me to Giuliani is quite unique. I know Rudy Giuliani. I like Rudy Giuliani. I worked with him during his administration. But we're completely different people.

The 'Libertarian' thing was a mistake on my part for saying it, but I am.

I was involved as deputy mayor in New York City on 9/11.

Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.

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

New York is in my DNA.

My best quality is that I talk to everyone. My worst quality is that I talk to everyone.

I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

We've made tremendous strides and changes in the City of New York since 1994.

The anti-tax-cut, soft-on-defense, big-spending Democrats will take the Democratic Party to the edge and maybe over.

Wes Clark put forward a middle-class tax plan, but it only helps a quarter of middle-class families, none without minor children at home. And mine helps 98 percent of the middle class.

Tonight I am going with my wife to a Democratic party, where we're going to...try to be happy.

I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action.

I've spent the last year listening to Americans, and the state of the union that George W. Bush lives in is very different from the state that most hardworking Americans are living in.

If the bill remains what it is now, I will not be able to support a cloture motion before final passage. Therefore I will try to stop the passage of the bill.

Whether or not Saddam is implicated directly in the anthrax attacks or the horrors of September 11, he is, by any common definition, a terrorist who must be removed.

The American military will never lose the war in Iraqif lost, it will be lost by a lack of political will.

It (Lewinskygate) has...compromised his moral authority

Senator Barack Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who I think can do great things for our country.

Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities.

I'm a Harry Truman, JFK, Scoop Jackson and Bill Clinton Democrat.

I have toured with Klemens Marktl, playing his original compositions and arrangements. He is a wonderful drummer, a writer possessing a high degree of creativity, and an assured band leader.

Jonathan Kreisberg is a great musician whose playing and writing always tell a story. His formidable technique and intellect never get in the way, but only serve the agenda of the heart.

Don't try to be someone else. Be yourself.

Just immerse yourself in the culture of the music - it will open some doors for you.

I'm a firm believer that you learn a hell of a lot more from your failures than you do from your successes.

Nowadays it's hard to get somebody to invest the time - everybody wants to be famous rather than be a good musician.

I'm just a restless soul musically.

Some of the best advice I was given was that me doing a bad version of me is better than me doing a good version of someone else.

When you are sitting in a room and somebody does something or says something and a thought comes, an idea or a melody - you have to just grab it while it's there because it will go away.

I like to say that I had a really good musical education because it was inclusive of all styles of music and I like it like that.

I haven't had a chance to really view the pitches straight up.

Obviously Javy [Baez] is able to control his emotions, he plays it as it should be, it's a game. That's how he plays it.

When Javy Baez goes out there, man, you saw him before the game sitting on the bench, saw him waving into the camera, he's just being himself. I love that.

Let's not hesitate. This is where the press corps, the media should all stand together. And I hope that you have the same response that you had when it came time to defend Fox.

We're the ones who can fire [Donald Trump]. We're the ones who can fire members of congress.

I just can't understand why we don't go forward and put more sanctions.

Whoever is president, my first priority is the same - as always. I look for what's best for West Virginia and the nation as a whole.

You can't force people to buy a product, and then if they don't buy it, you fine them.

Intelligence is to provide the facts to us. The facts will usually take you to the truth. And then, when we get the truth, we have got to make the decisions and do what's best for this country.

There's a lot of Democrats, myself included, who have supported right-to-life.

Let me tell you, we're still the best country on earth and we're going to take care of our people and we're going to protect this country and the people here.

I just think, you know, when we talk about a politician, I think a person has to be themselves. Let the voters see the real you.

I strongly believe that every American should always be rooting for our president to do well, no matter which political party that he or she might belong to.

'Obamacare,' as it's been called, is far too reaching. It's overreaching. It needs to have a lot of it repealed.

Millions and millions of people are proud gun owners, and they do it responsibly and by the law.

Russia is not our friend.

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

Wherever there is one job on the verge of being lost, I will fight to save it. Wherever there is one company looking to grow in West Virginia, I will fight to make that growth a reality.