I grew up with a Christmas tree, I'm going to stay with a Christmas tree.

Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods.

It's like an Alcatraz around my neck

One of our key strategies has been to restructure traditional high schools into small learning communities with personalized attention and a range of options.

Preparing our city to achieve its destiny will require strong leadership.

Here's what I see all across this great city - people working together to make Boston a better place to live and to raise children, to grow and pursue dreams.

Boston is safe. And we're going to keep it safe.

I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance.

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

Children need continuity as they grow and learn.

And it was from Boston that one in every six American families began their journey into the land of the free.

I have spent years as a leadership coach to the very wealthy and have been able to get behind the eyes of some of the world's best, studying the minute details of what makes a person great.

If anything happens, I'm going to pin you to my back and never let you off." I love you too." - Saphira and Eragon

It was very exciting to see Alan Sugar, so I think I've peaked with excitement for the evening, because I'm a massive Apprentice fan.

Celebrity! It's become the most disgusting word on the planet. It makes me sick to my stomach.

We will export death and violence to the four corners of the earth in defense of our great nation.

We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.

Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.

Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.

whoever said progress was a positive thing has never been to Florida or California.

Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued." "It is not living that matters, but living rightly. The unexamined life is not worth living.