The most visible symbol in New York is the spirit of a free people.

With the spirit of my administration, New York City is poised for dramatic change. The era of fear has had a long enough reign.

America needs to be defended. We need missile defense to better police the skies over the United States.

The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified.

My father used to say to me, 'Whenever you get into a jam, whenever you get into a crisis or an emergency, become the calmest person in the room and you'll be able to figure your way out of it.'

Revenge is not a noble sentiment, but it is a human one.

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

When you confront a problem you begin to solve it.

We had no domestic attacks under Bush.

Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.

What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.

Don’t Live Life as if you are meant to exist, many people do so. Instead, choose to Live as if Life is a Celebration.

Virtual reality is a self-created form of chosen reality. Therefore it exists.

We chat about clothes and if we're going on the red carpet we definitely talk about what we are going to wear.

Real ability is the child of God-given talent and rock solid diligence. Nobody maintains ability without hard work. Nobody.

Doesn't every encounter with God only cause us to thirst for Him more?

The grotesque in my poems is the motion I use to put myself and the grotesque world together. So the miserable images I use in my poems are the same as the letters I send into the miserable world.

Where we find hate and darkness, may we bring love and hope, in order to give a more human face to society.

I have made plenty of mistakes. The key to life is to learn from them. I have been a little too introspective, but I think that stemmed from insecurity or shyness. I took a long time to grow up.

It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls.

Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.