I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

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

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

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.

Don’t tell me your name. It’s likely to awaken my conscience, and that’s the last thing we want.

As long as you’re breathing, your story’s still going.

the media are not the holders of power, but they constitute by and large the space where power is decided.

I think every album you have, especially if it's done well, you feel like you're competing with yourself.

Most people think they KNOW the answer. I am willing to ADMIT I don't even know the question.

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything

Can I tell you honestly that I'd rather be in your life as your friend than nothing at all?

The Bible is not for the people; whosoever will be saved must renounce it. It is a forbidden book. Bible societies are satanic contrivances.

Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.

Success lies, not in achieving what you aim at, but in aiming at what you ought to achieve, and pressing forward, sure of achievement here, or if not here, hereafter.