We had a branding problem. We have allowed ourselves to be branded by our tragedies. If you said 'Oklahoma City,' chances are the next word out of your mouth was 'bombing.'

We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working.

Donald Trump is in a partisan election, so he views the role differently than Mitch Landrieu and I who are are trying to lead our cities in a bipartisan or nonpartisan manner.

It is not OK for anyone to be obese. There needs to be a cultural shift.

When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.

Jobs follow people. People don't follow jobs.

The spoiled superstar brat wouldn't get far in Oklahoma City. We're very value-conscious. Our city was settled in a land run. Those 10,000 people were desperate for a better life.

If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed.

People in Oklahoma don't wake up every morning wondering what the government is going to do for them.

People look for their leadership to lead.

I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them.

Passion makes you good, but pride stops you to get better.

A writer who is afraid to overreach himself is as useless as a general who is afraid to be wrong.

I have this side of me that is a very European flamboyant; I won't say queenie, but it's borderline - could be perceived as homosexual.

Try not to try too hard, It's just a lovely ride.

We're all filled with naturally recurring patterns that make us unique - they're called talents. And our charge is to bloody well use them.

Valentine's Day is the day when you remember that Cupid was a lousy shot.

The world wants to be deceived.

I pretty much always feel gratitude. I thank God throughout the day.

In Scotland football hooliganism has been met by banning alcohol from grounds but in England this solution has been circumnavigated

The more we count the blessings we have, the less we crave the luxuries we haven't.