The reality is this city will not be the same for a while, ... We're not saying bring New Orleans back today.

You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about.

Candor is the only way I know how to do it. I'm way too old to change. At the end of the day, I believe the truth is stronger than any lie that's out there.

I just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans.

The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.

I think I did everything possible known to any mayor in the country as it relates to saving lives.

Excuse my French, everybody in America, but I am pissed.

I dont think that any person can fix FEMA. I think FEMA needs a total restructuring. I think it needs to be taken from scratch and redone. The regulations are outdated; the rules are outdated.

If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.

They're feeding the people a line of bull, and they are spinning and people are dying.

It's a troubling paradox - I have total control, but only to the extent I have control over myself.

We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.

Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!

I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did.

Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.

Suffering and evil will not have the last word.

I always want to do something I haven't done before and get to work with other actors, writers, or directors that I want to work with.

I guess it's easier to get things made when you know the story you want to tell, you know the characters you want to play, and you know the filmmakers you want to tell them with.

I believe that to command is to serve and only gives one the right to serve.