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

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 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.

But I remember one thing: it wasn't me that started acting deaf, it was people that first started acting like I was too dumb to hear or see or say anything at all.

Almighty Lord deliver us from every hidden trap.

Forty-one rules aren't so many - St. Benedict had 73 to keep the brethren on the straight and narrow.

Dear me, how I love a library.

To survive the Borderlands you must live sin fronteras be a crossroads.

there's no art but has some business to it and no business but some art.

I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.

Personally, I've always loved the curvy look.

The very beginning of Genesis tells us that God created man in order to give him dominion over fish and fowl and all creatures. Of course, Genesis was written by a man, not a horse.

Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.