Arts are what free and thriving people do with their time after their critical needs have been met.

I don't care if what we do makes a profit; I care whether we get somebody out of a wheelchair.

My definition of economic development is economic growth.

Not to win is guttering.

Rather than setting property taxes on the value of land and improvements, I'd advocate a plan to set rates based on land values across the entire neighborhood.

People who renovate and improve homes are penalized by being taxed more for creating value and improving the neighborhood.

The main problem with rail is flexibility and affordability.

Having had this kind of binge reading relationship with online content for 15 years we're starting to think 'Hang on, we only have finite time and there is infinite content'.

As a physician, I try to heal the mind before healing the body. That’s why most of my patients get better even before they start any medication.

Girls have a tendency to take responsibility for romantic misinterpretations, when often it's men whose perfectly honed emotional inscrutability makes life more complicated than it should be.

What woman wants to go home with a guy that lives with his mother?

Hillary Clinton's raising the money from the people she wants to control.

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

There are so many women on the floor of Congress, it looks like a mall

I wanted to capture the excitement of house music, almost like a four-four beat, and the best way to do that was to use a language that was rhythmic and performative.

I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.

Even the most jingoistic person would have to admit that even American cultural music comes from Europe. That's what classical music is, real European music.