“I don’t think anyone would argue with the notion that there have been serious abuses on Wall Street.”

If I’m breathing in 2016, I’ll be happy.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.

The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development.

A governor can be a very good friend to people. A governor can be a formidable force.

I’ve worked on the urban agenda all my life. All. My. Life.

There is energy and power in a crisis.

If there’s a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there’s going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools.

There is no dispute that Albany needs to be changed. There is no dispute that the current situation in Albany is untenable. Nobody knows that better than I do.

I think naturally my orientation is from my father.

It’s time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.

I am against the death penalty.

Showed good business judgment, knowing that these continued lawsuits would be the untimely death of the gun industry.

There’s a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that’s very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.

Computers may out think us one day, but as long as people got feelings we’ll be better than they are.

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

The day you think there is no improvements to be made is a sad one for any player.

Renew every day your conversation with God: Do this even in preference to eating. Think more often of God than you breathe.

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

I think that I’m so psychotic and so mentally ill that if I could tap into that I could do something really interesting.