I would prefer to let the president make the decisions that the president needs to make.

There's symbolism in politics. There's communication in politics. And I think what Donald Trump is saying is, give me the job, and when I get to that job I will figure it out.

Ed Koch had the best line: if you agree with me nine out of twelve times, you should vote for me. If you agree with me twelve out of twelve times, you should find a psychiatrist.

You know why I got involved in politics? The government is now a majority partner in my life. I am now a minority partner in my own life.

You have to take calculated risks in life.

Left-leaning policies - I'm 52 years old, I've been to Cuba, I've been to dysfunctional state oriented places - left-leaning policies fail the lower and middle classes.

As you know from the Italian expression, the fish stinks from the head down. What I can tell you two fish that don't stink, okay, and that's me and the President.

The lifeblood of the economy is that the banking community is a circulatory system for American capitalism.

Today, the message is that we have to help the middle class and the aspirational worker in the United States.

I don't think I need to be an apologist for working hard and being a very large taxpayer.

I think self-esteem comes from work.

The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more

Your power and brilliance is the the most awesome force life could muster.

If there ever comes a day when we can't be together, keep me in your heart. I'll stay there forever.

It's not sticky unless it touches itself.

If my life were a song it would be called 'Don't Stop Believing'. Yeah.

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect.

There is no life in war; there is life only in peace.

Our world is in profound danger. Mankind must establish a set of positive values with which to secure its own survival.

One of the last courses I taught was on the Russian short story, which I love.

There's so much content out there that you can't make crap and just hope it gets seen.