“There is energy and power in a crisis.”

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty.

I believe Wall Street needs serious ongoing regulation.

The need to understand prescription information can literally be a matter of life and death.

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

Anyone who says there is not a change in weather patterns is denying reality.

I’m going to change everything you believe about HUD.

I’m running for governor; I’m not running for a legislative office.

I don’t know people who don’t say ‘boy, the government is working better now.’

My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty.

Lesson 1 from Spitzer: Don’t alienate the legislature on Day 1.

I did experiment with marijuana when I was a youth.

I’m a Queens boy at the end of the day.

He was the keynote speaker for our better angels.

As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?

To be clear no one is above the law.

The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

The fundamental concept in social science is power, in the same sense in which energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.

Surround yourself with energy that protects your energy.

Give your energy to those who intend to nourish it and not exhaust it.

Life is about building memories, creating energy, and helping people.

Focus on the ENERGY you create in this world.

Whatever you are holding back, it will never hold you with the same energy.

Conserving my energy for those who take their time, to find the light in me.