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.

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.

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.

I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.

All that's missing for Utah is a blindfold and a cigarette.

He's an intimate betrayer. That's what's so troubling. Judas turned in his own teacher.

Life is short and progress is slow

And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.

It's probably odd for someone to read an interview where the interviewee is worried about exposure while they're talking in an interview.

If a person thinks he can be happy without making those around him happy, he's crazy.

God wants you well. God wants you prosperous. God wants you a whole person.

It doesn't matter who you are, there are stars in every city, in every house, and on every street.

Work won't do me any good ... I've tried it, and it bored me worse than the other thing.