Whether its veterans disability claims, infrastructure projects, dam safety, or helping our farmers, what I am focused on is being useful for folks in the Hudson Valley.

Congress is like first grade, only not as well behaved.

A lot of us spend our lives assuming we are going to get around to those things we want to do.

Atticus Finch. That's who I want to be when I grow up. He's the greatest guy ever - a good dad, a good lawyer, doing the right thing. And he knows he's not supposed to win, but he's doing it anyway.

Our common humanity can bridge any prior expanse of disagreement between us.

When I've done gymnastics, ballet or soccer - I was always trying to be the best. I'm really driven. Really driven.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

The man was running away with the rest, and selling his papers for a shilling each as he ran—a grotesque mingling of profit and panic.

Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.

Yeah, I cut class...I got a D. Cause History meant nothing to me Except a definite nap. That's why I always sat in the back.

The Kit Kat candy bar has the name Kit Kat imprinted into the chocolate. That robs you of chocolate! That's a clever chocolate-saving technique.

People always say 'They [teens] need a good talking to.' I've never agreed with that. A kid needs a good listening to.

I took his wildness from him and tried to fold it into myself, filling up the empty spaces all those second place finishes left behind.

My grandfather was a chef for a Baron in Sicily before he came to America. I grew up with him. I used to do my homework at one end of the kitchen table while he cooked at the other end.