Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.

I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me.

If you wave a flag, make it an American Flag.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

We in Los Angeles, who have ourselves been helped to stand up - to recover and rebuild after a disaster - want to help the families and communities of the Gulf Coast,.

Actually, as president of the Conference of Mayors, we passed the Simpson-Bowles plan as a template, as a template, as a frame work for moving forward and the president has done the same.

You can't just trot out a brown face or a Spanish surname and expect people are going to vote for your party or your candidate.

You all know I love L.A., but tonight I really love L.A.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

We're not a homogeneous party, anymore than the Republicans are. But we are a party that I think has a plan to take us forward.

Again, if I was going to call Romney and the Republicans stupid, I'm certainly not going to call the Democrats and President Obama stupid.

Shoulders are from God, and burdens too.

Don't show your inferiority by climbing a stunted tree, show your superiority by climbing the longest and crooked one.

And then his arms were around me. When he kissed me it was hungrier somehow, as if this moment was all we had, and we had to taste it, drink it, savor it, and not waste a single drop.

The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.

After I left high school and got my GED, I studied broadcast journalism for a year at a community college.

Much corporate giving is charitable in nature rather than philanthropic.

I measured love by the extent of my jealousy.

I have a pretty eclectic taste in the movies that I like to watch, and also in the movies that I'm inspired to work on.

In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.