New York City does not hold our former selves against us. Perhaps we can extend the same courtesy.

You are a New Yorker when what was there before is more real and solid than what is here now.

The city knows you better than any living person because it has seen you when you are alone.

Maybe we become New Yorkers the day we realize that New York will go on without us.

Cherish your old apartments and pause for a moment when you pass them. Pay tribute, for they are the caretakers for your reinventions.

Why should anyone else have it easy. Spoken like a true New Yorker.

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

There is a big difference between having your heart broken and being the one responsible for a broken heart. I was twelve years old and had already experienced both.

To him who prays, and as he prays, the hour is sacred because it is God's hour

The tears stream down my cheeks from my unblinking eyes. What makes me weep so? There is nothing saddening here. Perhaps it is liquefied brain.

What are problems to a man who strongly believes there are effective solutions to all problems?

Australia is an outdoor country. People only go inside to use the toilet. And that's only a recent development.

Whoever no longer finds greatness in God no longer finds it anywhere--he must either deny it or create it.

Don't get me wrong: I would love to be president.

I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.

I believe the children are our future