I have always said I've had a big personality, and I've always said I'm a pushy broad, and I've always said I want to get things done.

I'm not about talking and finger-pointing and complaining; I'm about getting things done.

If you don't like me, life goes on, you know what I mean? But I hope you do like me. Because I think that in addition to being pushy, I'm nice.

It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.

I'm an aggressive woman who gets things done, and that's the way it is, and I've never been embarrassed about the fact that I am pushy.

At the end of the day, somebody someday is going to say something about you. At least you can look back and say you lived the way you wanted to.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

Being an activist is about getting things done. It's not about standing around shaking your fist in anger.

The best thing to know is what you don't know.

We all think people deserve second chances. None of us are perfect.

At times, you need to be forceful to get things that are stuck unstuck.

If you care about people and you really love them, you should get angry at the things that put them in danger or hurt them.

I made mistakes in drama. I thought drama was when actors cried. But drama is when the audience cries.

The maxim "Nothing avails but perfection" may be spelled "Paralysis."

Life well spent is long.

Regular expository preaching of the Bible is the staple diet of a healthy church.

Practice means cutting down chance and risk.

A great nation cannot abandon its responsibilities. Responsibilities abandoned today return as more acute crises tomorrow.

Well, Fellini... there is always Fellini.

He danced on the knife’s edge between awareness and sleep. When he dreamt like this, he was a king. The world was his to bend. His to burn.

You'll regret opening your mouth. You'll rarely regret keeping it shut.