I've worked on the urban agenda all my life. All. My. Life.

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.

One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy.

On deathbed every single good, bad, ugly moment becomes special.

A mistake is not something to be determined after the fact, but in the light of the information until that point

And this is good old Boston The home of the bean and the cod - Where the Lowells talk to the Cabots And the Cabots talk only to God.

In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.

Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.

He who has gold makes and accomplishes whatever he wishes in the world and finally uses it to send souls to paradise.

We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool.

I was so happy I didn't have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.

Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories.